job

noun
/dʒɒb/

An economic role for which a person is paid.

Example

“That surgeon has a great job.”

Other meanings

Plastic surgery.
“He had a nose job.”
A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer).

Example sentences

“What is the best job you ever had?”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
“Where did you hear about this job?”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
“That's the best part of my job.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Middle English "choppe" (piece, bargain).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “job” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.