job

  • 61Job — I (De Job, personaje bíblico.) ► sustantivo masculino 1 Hombre que tiene mucha paciencia. FRASEOLOGÍA tener más paciencia que el santo Job o que Job coloquial Se utiliza para señalar que una persona es muy paciente. II (Del ingl. job, empleo.) ► …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 62job — I (De Job, personaje bíblico.) ► sustantivo masculino 1 Hombre que tiene mucha paciencia. FRASEOLOGÍA tener más paciencia que el santo Job o que Job coloquial Se utiliza para señalar que una persona es muy paciente. II (Del ingl. job, empleo.) ► …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 63job — {{11}}job (n.) 1550s, in phrase jobbe of worke piece of work (contrasted with continuous labor), of uncertain origin, perhaps a variant of gobbe mass, lump (c.1400; see GOB (Cf. gob)) via sense of a cart load. Sense of work done for pay first… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 64job — [[t]dʒɒb[/t]] n. v. jobbed, job•bing, adj. 1) a piece of work, esp. a specific task done as part of the routine of one s occupation or for an agreed price 2) a post of employment; position 3) any task or project 4) a responsibility; duty: It is… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 65Job 1 — 1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. 2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. 3 His substance also was seven thousand… …

    The King James version of the Bible

  • 66job — I. n 1. a crime. This widespread term occurs in expressions such as pull a job and in specific forms such as bank job , safe job , etc. The word was first used in this sense in the 17th century, usually in the context of theft. 2. a person, thing …

    Contemporary slang

  • 67JOB —     Bonjour, mon ami Job; tu es un des plus anciens originaux dont les livres fassent mention; tu n étais point Juif: on sait que le livre qui porte ton nom est plus ancien que le Pentateuque. Si les Hébreux, qui l ont traduit de l arabe, se sont …

    Dictionnaire philosophique de Voltaire

  • 68job — /dʒɒb/ noun 1. an order being worked on ● We are working on six jobs at the moment. ● The shipyard has a big job starting in August. 2. regular paid work ● She is looking for a job in the computer industry. ● He lost his job when the factory… …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 69Job — Recorded in many forms including Job, Jobb, Jupp, Jopp, the diminutives Joblin, Jobling, Jobbling, Jopling, Jobbing, Jobbings, the dialectals Joberne, Joburn, Joburne, Yerborn, and others, this is an English surname but one of at least four… …

    Surnames reference

  • 70job — job1 noun 1》 a paid position of regular employment. 2》 a task or piece of work.     ↘a responsibility or duty.     ↘informal a crime, especially a robbery.     ↘Computing an operation or group of operations treated as a distinct unit. 3》 informal …

    English new terms dictionary