used of idealized country life; "a country life of arcadian contentment"; "a pleasant bucolic scene"; "charming in its pastoral setting"; "rustic tranquility"
living in or characteristic of farming or country life; "rural people"; "large rural households"; "unpaved rural roads"; "an economy that is basically rural"
relating to rural areas; "rural electrification"; "rural free delivery (RFD)"
former measure of the United States economy; the total market value of goods and services produced by all citizens and capital during a given period (usually 1 yr)
an organization (usually with a commercial bank) that is engaged as a trustee or fiduciary or agent in handling trust funds or estates of custodial arrangements or stock transfers or related services
a serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court; the ball must be served again
leave unchanged; "let it be"
actively cause something to happen; "I let it be known that I was not interested"
make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen; "This permits the water to rush in"; "This sealed door won't allow the water come into the basement"; "This will permit the rain to run off"
a damaging piece of work; "dry rot did the job of destroying the barn"; "the barber did a real job on my hair"
the performance of a piece of work; "she did an outstanding job as Ophelia"; "he gave it up as a bad job"
the responsibility to do something; "it is their job to print the truth"
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"
a workplace; as in the expression "on the job";
an object worked on; a result produced by working; "he held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right"
a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply
(computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit
any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing
a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him
work occasionally; "As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks"
profit privately from public office and official business