English Words Starting With J

• job ticket

  nounC1
  /ˈdʒɒb ˌtɪk.ɪt/A document or form used in a workplace to authorize, track, and detail a specific task or piece of work to be performed, often including information like labour, materials, and time.
• job work

  nounA1
  /dʒɒb/, /wɜːk/A paid position of regular employment; the activity performed to earn money.
• job's comforter

  nounVery Low
  /ˌdʒəʊbz ˈkʌmfətə/A person who, while pretending to offer comfort or sympathy, actually adds to someone's distress or makes them feel worse.
• job's-tears

  nounC2
  /ˌdʒəʊbz ˈtɪəz/A tall tropical grass (Coix lacryma-jobi) whose hard, grey, tear-shaped seeds are used for ornamental beads and, in some varieties, as a cereal grain.
• job-hop

  verb-intransitiveMedium
  /ˈdʒɒb hɒp/To change jobs frequently, especially in a short period, often to seek better opportunities, pay, or conditions.
• job-hunt

  verb-intransitiveC1
  /ˈdʒɒb hʌnt/The process of actively looking for paid employment.
• job-order costing

  nounC2
  /ˈdʒɒb ˌɔːdə ˈkɒstɪŋ/A method of assigning manufacturing costs to individual products or batches of products (job orders).
• job-share

  nounverb-intransitiveLow-to-medium
  /ˈdʒɒb ˌʃeə/A work arrangement where one full-time position is divided between two or more people who share the responsibilities, hours, and salary.
• jobber

  nounC1
  /ˈdʒɒbə/A person or entity that buys and sells goods or securities on a relatively small scale, typically as an intermediary rather than a principal.
• jobbery

  nounLow (C2)
  /ˈdʒɒbəri/The corrupt practice of using a public office or position of power for personal gain, especially through the awarding of jobs, contracts, or favours to friends or associates.
• jobbing printer

  nounC1
  /ˈdʒɒbɪŋ ˈprɪntə(r)/A printing company or individual printer that specializes in small, short-run, or miscellaneous printing jobs, rather than large-scale, long-run publishing.
• jobcentre

  nounC1
  /ˈdʒɒbˌsɛntə/A government office where unemployed people go to get advice about jobs and financial support.
• jobclub

  nounLow
  /ˈdʒɒbklʌb/An organized group, often supported by a government agency or community organisation, that provides unemployed people with resources, support, training, and networking opportunities to help them find employment.
• jobholder

  nounC1
  /ˈdʒɒbˌhəʊldə(r)/A person who is employed in a paid position.
• jobseeker's allowance

  nounMedium
  /ˈdʒɒbˌsiːkəz əˈlaʊəns/A regular payment made by the government to unemployed people who are actively looking for work.
• jobsworth

  nounC2
  /ˈdʒɒbzwɜːθ/A minor official who insists on following rules rigidly, especially to avoid taking personal responsibility or showing initiative, often resulting in obstruction or petty bureaucracy.
• joburg

  nounC1
  /ˈdʒəʊbɜːɡ/An informal, shortened nickname for Johannesburg, the largest city in South Africa.
• jocasta

  nounC2
  /dʒəʊˈkæstə/The name of the queen of Thebes in Greek mythology, mother and wife of Oedipus.
• jocelyn

  nounC2 (Very Low Frequency)
  /ˈdʒɒs.lɪn/A traditionally feminine given name, of Germanic/French origin, meaning 'member of the Gauts tribe' or 'pledge'.
• jochebed

  nounextremely rare
  /ˈjɒkɪbɛd/A proper noun, the name of the mother of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam in the Hebrew Bible.

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