Job

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NOUN

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

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

a workplace

an object worked on

the responsibility to do something

the performance of a piece of work

a damaging piece of work

a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved

a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him

any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing

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

a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply

a crime (especially a robbery)

VERB

profit privately from public office and official business

arranged for contracted work to be done by others

work occasionally

invest at a risk

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