job
♦♦♦ job /dʒ'ɒb/ (jobs)
1 [N-COUNT]
A job is the work that someone does to earn money.
Once I'm in America I can get a job...
Thousands have lost their jobs...
I felt the pressure of being the first woman in the job.
...overseas job vacancies.
2 [N-COUNT] usu with supp, oft N of n, n N
A job is a particular task.
He said he hoped that the job of putting together a coalition wouldn't take too much time...
3 [N-COUNT] usu with poss
The job of a particular person or thing is their duty or function.
Their main job is to preserve health rather than treat illness...
Drinking a lot helps the kidneys do their job.
4 [N-SING] usu adj N, oft N of -ing/n
If you say that someone is doing a good job, you mean that they are doing something well. In British English, you can also say that they are making a good job of something.
We could do a far better job of managing it than they have...
5 [N-SING] usu N -ing, N to-inf
If you say that you have a job doing something, you are emphasizing how difficult it is.
He may have a hard job selling that argument to investors...
6
see also jobbing, day job, on-the-job, on-the-job
7 [PHRASE]
If you refer to work as jobs for the boys, you mean that the work is unfairly given to someone's friends, supporters, or relations, even though they may not be the best qualified people to do it. (BRIT)
8 [PHRASE] usu v-link PHR
If you say that something is just the job, you mean that it is exactly what you wanted or needed. (BRIT INFORMAL)
Not only is it just the job for travelling, but it's handy for groceries too.
9 [PHRASE]
If someone is on the job, they are actually doing a particular job or task.
The top pay scale after five years on the job would reach $5.00 an hour...
10
it's a good job: see good
the job in hand: see handday job
[PHRASE] V inflects
If someone tells you not to give up the day job, they are saying that they think you should continue doing what you are good at, rather than trying something new which they think you will fail at. (HUMOROUS)hatch|et job (hatchet jobs)
[N-COUNT] usu sing, oft N on n
To do a hatchet job on someone or something means to say or write something mentioning many bad things about them, which harms their reputation. (INFORMAL)
Unfortunately, his idea of bold journalism was a hatchet job, portraying the staff in a negative light.job cen|tre (job centres)
also Jobcentre
[N-COUNT]
In Britain, a job centre is a place where people who are looking for work can go to get advice on finding a job, and to look at advertisements placed by people who are looking for new employees.job de|scrip|tion (job descriptions)
[N-COUNT] usu sing
A job description is a written account of all the duties and responsibilities involved in a particular job or position.job lot (job lots)
[N-COUNT]
A job lot is a number of cheap things of low quality which are sold together, for example in auctions or second-hand shops.job sat|is|fac|tion
[N-UNCOUNT]
Job satisfaction is the pleasure that you get from doing your job.
I doubt I'll ever get rich, but I get job satisfaction.job seek|er (job seekers)
[N-COUNT]
A job seeker is an unemployed person who is trying to get a job.job share (job shares job sharing job shared)
[VERB] V
If two people job share, they share the same job by working part-time, for example one person working in the mornings and the other in the afternoons.
They both want to job share.
[N-COUNT]
Job share is also a noun.
She works in a bank job share.
● job sharing [N-UNCOUNT]
Part-time work and job sharing will become commonplace.nose job (nose jobs)
[N-COUNT]
A nose job is a surgical operation that some people have to improve the shape of their nose. (INFORMAL)
I've never had plastic surgery, though people always think I've had a nose job.
1 [N-COUNT]
A job is the work that someone does to earn money.
Once I'm in America I can get a job...
Thousands have lost their jobs...
I felt the pressure of being the first woman in the job.
...overseas job vacancies.
2 [N-COUNT] usu with supp, oft N of n, n N
A job is a particular task.
He said he hoped that the job of putting together a coalition wouldn't take too much time...
3 [N-COUNT] usu with poss
The job of a particular person or thing is their duty or function.
Their main job is to preserve health rather than treat illness...
Drinking a lot helps the kidneys do their job.
4 [N-SING] usu adj N, oft N of -ing/n
If you say that someone is doing a good job, you mean that they are doing something well. In British English, you can also say that they are making a good job of something.
We could do a far better job of managing it than they have...
5 [N-SING] usu N -ing, N to-inf
If you say that you have a job doing something, you are emphasizing how difficult it is.
He may have a hard job selling that argument to investors...
6
see also jobbing, day job, on-the-job, on-the-job
7 [PHRASE]
If you refer to work as jobs for the boys, you mean that the work is unfairly given to someone's friends, supporters, or relations, even though they may not be the best qualified people to do it. (BRIT)
8 [PHRASE] usu v-link PHR
If you say that something is just the job, you mean that it is exactly what you wanted or needed. (BRIT INFORMAL)
Not only is it just the job for travelling, but it's handy for groceries too.
9 [PHRASE]
If someone is on the job, they are actually doing a particular job or task.
The top pay scale after five years on the job would reach $5.00 an hour...
10
it's a good job: see good
the job in hand: see handday job
[PHRASE] V inflects
If someone tells you not to give up the day job, they are saying that they think you should continue doing what you are good at, rather than trying something new which they think you will fail at. (HUMOROUS)hatch|et job (hatchet jobs)
[N-COUNT] usu sing, oft N on n
To do a hatchet job on someone or something means to say or write something mentioning many bad things about them, which harms their reputation. (INFORMAL)
Unfortunately, his idea of bold journalism was a hatchet job, portraying the staff in a negative light.job cen|tre (job centres)
also Jobcentre
[N-COUNT]
In Britain, a job centre is a place where people who are looking for work can go to get advice on finding a job, and to look at advertisements placed by people who are looking for new employees.job de|scrip|tion (job descriptions)
[N-COUNT] usu sing
A job description is a written account of all the duties and responsibilities involved in a particular job or position.job lot (job lots)
[N-COUNT]
A job lot is a number of cheap things of low quality which are sold together, for example in auctions or second-hand shops.job sat|is|fac|tion
[N-UNCOUNT]
Job satisfaction is the pleasure that you get from doing your job.
I doubt I'll ever get rich, but I get job satisfaction.job seek|er (job seekers)
[N-COUNT]
A job seeker is an unemployed person who is trying to get a job.job share (job shares job sharing job shared)
[VERB] V
If two people job share, they share the same job by working part-time, for example one person working in the mornings and the other in the afternoons.
They both want to job share.
[N-COUNT]
Job share is also a noun.
She works in a bank job share.
● job sharing [N-UNCOUNT]
Part-time work and job sharing will become commonplace.nose job (nose jobs)
[N-COUNT]
A nose job is a surgical operation that some people have to improve the shape of their nose. (INFORMAL)
I've never had plastic surgery, though people always think I've had a nose job.