Meaning of job In English

• 0 the regular work that a person does to earn money:

  • a temporary/permanent job

  • When she left college, she got a job as an editor in a publishing company.

  • It's very difficult trying to bring up two children while doing a full-time job.

  • He's never managed to hold down (= keep) a steady (= permanent) job.

  • She's applied for a job with an insurance company.

  • Are you going to give up your job when you have your baby?

  • After a disastrous first month in office, many people are beginning to wonder if the new president is up to (= able to do) the job.

  • Hundreds of workers could lose their jobs.

  • How long have you been out of a job?

• 1 a particular piece of work:

  • The builders are aiming to get the job done by the end of the month.

  • He spent the afternoon doing jobs around the house.

  • UK informal Will you be able to carry all the shopping back home on your bike, or will it have to be a car job (= will you need the car)?

• 2 something that is your responsibility:

  • [ + to infinitive ] She believed her job as a politician was to represent the views of her party and the people who voted for her.

  • I know it's not my job to tell you how to run your life, but I do think you've made a mistake.

• 3 a problem or an activity that is difficult:

  • [ + -ing verb ] It was a real job getting the wheel off the bike.

  • We were only given an hour for the exam, and I had a job finishing it.

• 4 an example of a particular type:

  • It's an original, not one of those imitation jobs.

• 5 a crime in which money or goods are stolen, or an action or activity that is dishonest or unpleasant:

  • He was put in prison for five years for doing a bank job.

  • US He really did a job on her, telling her that he would always love her and then moving to Fiji with someone else.

• 6 the regular work that a person does to earn money:

  • a full-time/part-time/permanent/temporary job

  • to get/quit a job

  • The new supermarket will create 50 new jobs in the area.

  • She’s applied for a job with an insurance company.

  • How long have you been out of a job (= unemployed)?

  • He keeps falling asleep on the job.

  • The company provides on-the-job training (= training while you work).

• 7 a particular piece of work:

  • I should have this job done by lunchtime.

  • A microwave oven makes the job of preparing meals a lot easier.

  • a paint job

  • Jamie did a wonderful job on that sales presentation.

• 8 a responsibility or duty:

  • [ + to infinitive ] I know it’s not my job to tell you how to run your life, but I do think you’ve made a mistake.

• 9 a crime in which money or goods are stolen:

  • a bank job

  • an inside job (= a crime committed by someone who works for the company it was committed against)

• 10 the regular work that someone does to earn money:

  • a job with sth She applied for a job with an advertising agency.

  • Many people found themselves out of a job as a consequence of the global recession.

  • have/get/take a job

  • apply for/look for/find a job

  • create/cut/shed jobs The government is creating new job opportunities for mothers returning to the workplace.

  • leave/quit/lose a job

  • a paid/unpaid/well-paid job

  • The deputy Chairman has been appointed to the top job.

  • first/new job

  • a full-time/part-time job

  • a permanent/temporary/steady job

  • a Saturday/weekend job

• 11 a particular piece of work or task that needs to be done or achieved:

  • the job of doing sth The job of redesigning the offices went to the lowest bidder.

  • The company continues to send many of its accounting and computer jobs to India.

  • Larger firms enjoy economies of scale, which means they can do the job cheaper.

  • Staff are currently paid by the job regardless of the time it takes.

• 12 a responsibility that someone or something has:

  • It's not my job to deal with staff's personal problems.

  • The assembly's main job is to draft a constitution.

• 13 a task which is done by a computer program:

  • a print job

• 14 to do something well, badly, better, etc.:

  • We need to do a better job of marketing the product.

• 15 used for telling someone that they will never be successful with something they are trying to do and should keep doing their real job instead

• 16 work that someone in a position of power gives to friends or relations:

  • Labour sharply criticized the board's appointment of the former trade minister as an example of jobs for the boys.

• 17 used for telling someone that you cannot do something because you would lose your job if someone discovered you had done it:

  • It's more than my job's worth to let you into the building after hours.

• 18 where someone works and while they do their job:

  • Sixteen coal miners died on the job last year.

• 19 to stop working and refuse to continue doing your job until your employer agrees to what you want:

  • Union members threatened to walk off the job unless their employer agreed to stop hiring work out to contractors.

• 20 to do work for different people without being employed by them permanently:

  • job about/around/for After drama school, he spent eight years jobbing about from show to show.