Attorney Definition–noun, plural -neys. | 1. | a lawyer; attorney-at-law. |
| 2. | an attorney-in-fact; agent. |
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Job Definition–noun | 1. | a piece of work, esp. a specific task done as part of the routine of one's occupation or for an agreed price: She gave him the job of mowing the lawn. |
| 2. | a post of employment; full-time or part-time position: She was seeking a job as an editor. |
| 3. | anything a person is expected or obliged to do; duty;
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responsibility: It is your job to be on time. |
| 4. | an affair, matter, occurrence, or state of affairs: to make the best of a bad job. |
| 5. | the material, project, assignment, etc., being worked upon: The housing project was a long and costly job. |
| 6. | the process or requirements, details, etc., of working: It was a tedious job. |
| 7. | the execution or performance of a task: She did a good job. |
| 8. | Slang. a theft or similar criminal action: The police caught the gang that pulled that bank job. |
| 9. | a public or official act or decision carried through for the sake of improper private gain. |
| 10. | Slang. an example of a specific or distinctive type: That little six-cylinder job was the best car I ever owned. |
| 11. | Computers. a unit of work for a computer, generally comprising an application program or group of related programs and the data, linkages, and instructions to the operating system needed for running the programs. |
–verb (used without object) | 12. | to work at jobs or odd pieces of work; work by the piece. |
| 13. | to do business as a jobber. |
| 14. | to turn public business, planning, etc., improperly to private gain. |
–verb (used with object) | 15. | to assign or give (work, a contract for work, etc.) in separate portions, as among different contractors or workers (often fol. by out): He jobbed out the contract to a number of small outfits. |
| 16. | to buy in large quantities, as from wholesalers or manufacturers, and sell to dealers in smaller quantities: He jobs shoes in Ohio and Indiana. |
| 17. | to get rid of or dispose of: His party jobbed him when he sought a second term in office. |
| 18. | to swindle or trick (someone): They jobbed him out of his property. |
| 19. | to carry on (public or official business) for improper private gain. |
–adjective | 20. | of or for a particular job or transaction. |
| 21. | bought, sold, or handled together: He's too big a customer to buy in less than job quantities. |
—Idioms| 22. | do a job on, Slang. | a. | to destroy, defeat, damage, or confound thoroughly: The thugs did a job on him—he'll be in the hospital for a month. |
| b. | to deceive, persuade, or charm glibly; snow. |
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| 23. | on the job, alert; observant: The cops were on the job and caught them red-handed. |
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