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    Does the word Job actually mean anything, like Join Our Business or something?

    Question #21956. Asked by alias. (Aug 28 02 8:21 PM)


    palaceben

    		Merriam Webster say this:

    Main Entry: job
    Pronunciation: 'j%E4b
    Function: noun
    Etymology: perhaps from obsolete English job=lump
    Date: circa 1627
    1 a : a piece of {work;} especially : a small miscellaneous piece of work undertaken on order at a stated rate b : the object or material on which work is being done c : something produced by or as if by work %3Cdo a better job next time%3E d : an example of a usually specified type

    http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary

    Dictionary.com's derivation is similar:

    Perhaps from obsolete jobbe, piece, alteration of Middle English gobbe, lump.

    So no, not an acronym.



    Aug 28 02, 8:26 PM

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