job

Definitions

• A task.
• An economic role for which a person is paid.
• (in noun compounds) plastic Plastic surgery.
• (computing) A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer).
• A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.
• A public transaction done for private profit; something performed ostensibly as a part of official duty, but really for private gain; a corrupt official business.
• Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.
• (colloquial) A thing (often used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall).