job; task; chore




a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee

"estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores"

Type of:
  • duty

Types:
  • ball-buster; ball-breaker
  • stint
  • scut work; shitwork


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