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The correct spelling is jobs.
How to pronounce jobs
noun
IPA: /d͡ʒɒbz/
Say it like: Job-s
The correct spelling is jobs. 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.A task.
- 2.An economic role for which a person is paid.
- 3.(in noun compounds) Plastic surgery.
- 4.A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer).
- 5.A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.
verb
- 1.To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
- 2.To work as a jobber.
- 3.To take the loss.
- 4.To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.
- 5.(often with out) To subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.
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