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"job" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often occupation (10 letters).
Definitions
Paid work, task, duty, or position of employment.
Word origin
From the phrase jobbe of work (“piece of work”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a variant of Middle English gobbe (“mass, lump”); or perhaps related to Middle English jobben (“to jab, thrust, peck”), or Middle English choppe (“piece, bargain”). More at gob, jab, chop.
Used in a sentence
“I've got a job for you: could you wash the dishes?”
“I didn't speak to many coworkers for the first year on the job.”
“And it's my job to take care of the skanks on the road that you bang.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer15 curated clues
01“Occupation”3 letters
02“Employment”3 letters
03“Nine-to-five, maybe”3 letters
04“Paid position”3 letters
05“Task at work”3 letters
06“Work assignment”3 letters
07“Work done for pay”3 letters
08“Work for pay”3 letters
09“Work gig”3 letters
10“Work position”3 letters
11“Work role”3 letters
12“Work to do”3 letters
13“Workplace assignment”3 letters
14“Workplace role”3 letters
15“Task”3 letters
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