n. 1.the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money 2.a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee 3.the performance of a piece of work 4.the responsibility to do something 5.a workplace 6.an object worked on 7.a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved 8.a damaging piece of work 9.a crime (especially a robbery) 10.a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him 11.any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing 12.(computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit 13.a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply job v. 1.profit privately from public office and official business 2.arranged for contracted work to be done by others 3.work occasionally 4.invest at a risk