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Definition of job : 1. A piece of chance or occasional work; any definite work undertaken in gross for a fixed price; as, he did the job for a thousand dollars.
2. 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.
3. A situation or opportunity of work; as, he lost his job.
4. A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.
5. Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.
6. The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the typical patient man.
7. To buy and sell, as a broker; to purchase of importers or manufacturers for the purpose of selling to retailers; as, to job goods.
8. To carry on the business of a jobber in merchandise or stocks.
9. To do chance work for hire; to work by the piece; to do petty work.
10. To do or cause to be done by separate portions or lots; to sublet ( work); as, to job a contract.
11. To hire or let by the job or for a period of service; as, to job a carriage.
12. To seek private gain under pretense of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.
13. To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.
14. To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.

Synonyms:

line of descent, telephone line, business organisation, spot, credit line, hypothesise, stock, matter, conjecture, clientele, business organization, wrinkle, byplay, theorize, ancestry, strain, mull over, art, demarcation, gambol, crease, field, blood, traffic, obligation, drudgery, role, heavy, dividing line, line of credit, melody, pipeline, personal credit line, billet, pedigree, excogitate, stage business, charge, romp, grind, joke, do, tune, business enterprise, descent, meditate, note, rent out, blood line, ponder, output, parentage, melodic line, business sector, course, moving in, gig, line, frolic, lookout, transmission line, employ, occasional labor, line of business, speculate, assembly line, communication channel, errand, air, suppose, contrast, crinkle, line of products, telephone circuit, business line, hypothecate, appointment, patronage, mission, stint, problem, craft, burden, berth, caper, prank, chores, slot, argumentation, office, trading, line of work, think over, origin, logical argument, contemplate, military control, bank line, mull, input, racket, subscriber line, avocation, responsibility, seam, furrow, occupancy, place, rail line, farm out, business concern, post, phone line, theorise, bloodline, capriole, melodic phrase, duty, channel, pursuit, ruminate, function, faculty, subcontract, act, antic, production line, chew over, railway line, trouble, argument, product line, province, reflect, handicraft, capacity, muse, hire out, lineage, care, commercial enterprise, trick, agate line, stemma, personal line of credit, operation, line of reasoning, play, hypothesize, put-on, cable, short letter, line of merchandise

industry, merchant, assignment, selling, specialty, service, commerce, trade, corporation, situation, employment, labor, activity, position, calling, firm, holding, commission, negotiation, busy work, management, barter, career, affair, consortium, interest, business, partnership, posting, transaction, market, retailing, exchange, concern, practice, livelihood, company, proprietorship, station, occupation, profession, vocation, establishment

task, chore, work, toil

deed, performance, exploit, endeavor, action, gambit, enterprise, effort, attempt, assay, purpose, production, maneuver, venture, aim, commitment, engagement, contract, proceeding, undertaking, project, approach, adventure, essay

Usage examples:

• I'm on one now-" " A job?" - "The Vertical City", Fannie Hurst.
• The job was his. - "Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet", Harold Leland Goodwin.
• Then it's not your job! - "Back To Billabong", Mary Grant Bruce.