job

job
\ \ [16] The origins of job are uncertain. Its likeliest source is an earlier and now obsolete noun job which meant ‘piece’. It is quite plausible that job of work, literally ‘piece of work’, could have become shortened to job. But where this earlier job came from is not known, so the mystery remains open.

Word origins - 2ed. . 2005.

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  • job — job …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • Job — • One of the books of the Old Testament, and the chief personage in it Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Job     Job     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • job — W1S1 [dʒɔb US dʒa:b] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(work)¦ 2¦(duty)¦ 3¦(something you must do)¦ 4 on the job 5 I m only/just doing my job 6 it s more than my job s worth 7 do the job 8 have a job doing something/have a job to do something 9 do a job on… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • JOB — JACQUES MARIE GASTON ONFROY DE BRÉVILLE dit (1858 1931) Né à Bar le Duc, Jacques de Bréville commence à signer Job dès son enfance crayonneuse au collège Stanislas. D’un milieu familial peu ouvert à la République naissante, il hérite d’une pensée …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • job — [ dʒab ] noun *** ▸ 1 work to earn money ▸ 2 particular piece of work ▸ 3 duty ▸ 4 a crime ▸ 5 something of particular type ▸ 6 something computer etc. does ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count work that you do regularly to earn money. When you ask someone… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Job — 1 Job 2 Job 3 Job 4 Job 5 Job 6 Job 7 Job 8 Job 9 Job 10 Job 11 Job 12 Job 13 Job 14 …   The King James version of the Bible

  • Job — (britisch [ˈdʒɒb], amerikanisch [ˈdʒɑːb], deutsch [ˈdʒɔp] oder umgangssprachlich [ˈʒɔp]) bezeichnet in der Umgangssprache (allerdings zunehmend auch amtlich, siehe z. B. Jobcenter), einen Arbeitsplatz, eine Stelle (Organisation), eine… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Job — (j[o^]b), n. [Prov. E. job, gob, n., a small piece of wood, v., to stab, strike; cf. E. gob, gobbet; perh. influenced by E. chop to cut off, to mince. See {Gob}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A sudden thrust or stab; a jab. [1913 Webster] 2. A piece of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Job — may refer to:* a joe (role) served by a person or thing: ** Employment, where a person is in a long term relationship performing a service for an employer ** Occupation (economic), where a person performs a certain role over a long period ***… …   Wikipedia

  • JOB — Création 1838 Dates clés 1987 rachat par Bolloré (OCB) 2000 rachat de la marque par Republic Technologies Fondateurs Jean Bardou …   Wikipédia en Français

  • job — job; job·ber; job·ber·nowl; job·bery; job·less; job·mas·ter; nut·job·ber; pre·job; mc·job; job·ble; job·less·ness; …   English syllables

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