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Job

n. any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing

job

n. (computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit

job

n. a workplace; as in the expression "on the job";

job

n. the responsibility to do something; "it is their job to print the truth"

job

n. a damaging piece of work; "dry rot did the job of destroying the barn"; "the barber did a real job on my hair"

job

n. the performance of a piece of work; "she did an outstanding job as Ophelia"; "he gave it up as a bad job"

job, task

n. a program that is running independently

problem, job

n. a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved; "she and her husband are having problems"; "it is always a job to contact him"; "urban problems such as traffic congestion and smog"

caper, job

n. a crime (especially a robbery); "the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis"

job, task, chore

n. a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee; "estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores"

job

v. profit privately from public office and official business

job

v. work occasionally; "As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks"

speculate, job

v. invest at a risk; "I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating"

subcontract, farm out, job

v. arranged for contracted work to be done by others

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opening

n. a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made; "they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door"

dilemma, quandary

n. state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options

errand

n. a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission

drudgery, plodding, grind, donkeywork

n. hard monotonous routine work

labor, labour, toil

n. productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

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