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The correct spelling is job.

How to pronounce job

/d͡ʒɒb/
noun

IPA: /d͡ʒɒb/

Say it like: Job

The correct spelling is job. A task. For example: "A job half done is hardly done at all."

Usage Examples

A job half done is hardly done at all.

He's been out of a job since being made redundant in January.

He had had a nose job.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A task.
  2. 2.An economic role for which a person is paid.
  3. 3.(in noun compounds) Plastic surgery.
  4. 4.A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer).
  5. 5.A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.

verb

  1. 1.To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
  2. 2.To work as a jobber.
  3. 3.To take the loss.
  4. 4.To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.
  5. 5.(often with out) To subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.

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