[{"word":"jobs","phonetic":"/d͡ʒɒbz/","phonetics":[{"text":"/d͡ʒɒbz/","audio":""},{"text":"/d͡ʒɑbz/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A task.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"A job half done is hardly done at all."},{"definition":"An economic role for which a person is paid.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He's been out of a job since being made redundant in January."},{"definition":"(in noun compounds) Plastic surgery.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He had had a nose job."},{"definition":"A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A public transaction done for private profit; something performed ostensibly as a part of official duty, but really for private gain; a corrupt official business.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A thing (often used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Pass me that little job with the screw thread on it."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To work as a jobber.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To take the loss.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(often with out) To subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"We wanted to sell a turnkey plant, but they jobbed out the contract to small firms."},{"definition":"To seek private gain under pretence of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To hire or let in periods of service.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to job a carriage"}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/job","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jobs"]}]