Job — meaning in English

English meaning

• job noun A paid position of regular employment.
• task noun A specific piece of work that needs to be done.
• work noun A job or occupation; the activity someone does to earn a living.

Senses

Job is used for these senses in English:

• job An economic role for which a person is paid.
• work The place where one is employed.

job — full definition

1. noun A paid position of regular employment.
2. noun A particular task or piece of work to be done.
3. noun Informal for a robbery or heist.
4. noun A corrupt or self-serving act carried out under the appearance of official duty.
5. verb To work irregularly, taking on individual pieces of paid work.

task — full definition

1. noun A specific piece of work that needs to be done.
2. noun (computing) A unit of work or a running instance of a program that a computer executes.
3. verb To assign someone a piece of work or responsibility.

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