job

Universal Words noun paid work 1 work for which you receive regular payment: He's trying to get a job. * She took a job as a waitress. * His brother's just lost his job. * a summer / holiday / Saturday / vacation job * a temporary / permanent job * I'm thinking of applying for a new job. * The takeover of the company is bound to mean more job losses. * Many women are in part-time jobs. * Did they offer you the job? * He certainly knows his job (= is very good at his job). * I'm only doing my job (= I'm doing what I am paid to do). * He's been out of a job (= unemployed) for six months now. * She's never had a steady job (= a job that is not going to end suddenly). task 2 a particular task or piece of work that you have to do: I've got various jobs around the house to do. * Sorting these papers out is going to be a long job. * The builder has a couple of jobs on at the moment. seealsoBLOWJOB, NOSEJOB duty 3 [usuallysing.] a responsibility or duty: It's not my job to lock up! crime 4 (informal) a crime, especially stealing: a bank job * He got six months for that last job he did. * an inside job (= done by sb in the organization where the crime happens) object 5 (spoken) a particular kind of thing: It's real wood-not one of those plastic jobs. computing 6 an item of work which is PROCESSED by a computer as a single unit: The job can be processed overnight. IDIOMS do the job (informal) to be effective or successful in doing what you want: This extra strong glue should do the job. do a good, bad, etc. job (on sth)