Definitions
1.nounA task."A job half done is hardly done at all."
2.nounAn economic role for which a person is paid."He's been out of a job since being made redundant in January."
3.noun(in noun compounds) Plastic surgery."He had had a nose job."
4.nounA task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer).
5.nounA sudden thrust or stab; a jab.
6.nounA public transaction done for private profit; something performed ostensibly as a part of official duty, but really for private gain; a corrupt official business.
7.nounAny affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.
8.nounA thing (often used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall)."Pass me that little job with the screw thread on it."
9.verbTo do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
10.verbTo work as a jobber.
11.verbTo take the loss.
12.verbTo buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.
13.verb(often with out) To subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors."We wanted to sell a turnkey plant, but they jobbed out the contract to small firms."
14.verbTo seek private gain under pretence of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.
15.verbTo strike or stab with a pointed instrument.
16.verbTo thrust in, as a pointed instrument.
17.verbTo hire or let in periods of service."to job a carriage"