JOB

JOB 1 syllable

A1 · Beginner 📏 3 letters 🎲 Scrabble 12 ✅ valid word

Everyday English. Most learners know this.

noun
  1. the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
  2. a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
  3. a workplace
  4. an object worked on

💬 Examples

  • "he's not in my line of business"
  • "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"
  • "as in the expression `on the job'"

🔗 Similar words

occupationbusinessline_of_worklinetaskchore
verb
  1. profit privately from public office and official business
  2. arranged for contracted work to be done by others
  3. work occasionally
  4. invest at a risk

💬 Examples

  • "As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks"
  • "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"

🔗 Similar words

subcontractfarm_outspeculate
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