Legal Definition and Related Resources of Job

Meaning of Job

The whole of a thing which is to he done. In this sense it is employed in the Civil Code of Louisiana (article 2727) : “To build by plot, or to work by the job,” says that article, “is to undertake a building for a certain stipulated price.” See Duranton, Cont. liv. 3, tit. 8, notes 248, 263; Poth. Cont. notes 392, 394. See “Deviation.”

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Synonyms of Job

noun

assignment
avocation
billet
business
calling
chore
duty
employment
function
labor
mission
obligation
occupation
position
profession
responsibility
role
task
trade
undertaking
vocation
work

Grammar

This term is a verb.

Etimology of Job

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1660s, “to buy and sell as a broker” (intransitive), from job; this term is also a noun.. Meaning “deal in public stocks on one’s own account” is from 1721. Meaning “to cheat, betray” is from 1903; earlier “pervert pubic service to private advantage” (1732). Related: Jobbed; jobbing.

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