JOB

The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

Example: "He's not in my line of business"

A jewish hero in the old testament who maintained his faith in god in spite of afflictions that tested him

A specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee

Example: "Estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"

Any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing

A workplace; as in the expression `on the job'

A book in the old testament containing job's pleas to god about his afflictions and god's reply

An object worked on; a result produced by working

Example: "He held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right"

The responsibility to do something

Example: "It is their job to print the truth"

The performance of a piece of work

Example: "She did an outstanding job as ophelia"

A damaging piece of work

Example: "Dry rot did the job of destroying the barn"

A state of difficulty that needs to be resolved

Example: "She and her husband are having problems"

(computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit

A crime (especially a robbery)

Example: "The gang pulled off a bank job in st. louis"