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1.verbTo do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
2.verbTo work as a jobber.
3.verbTo take the loss.
4.verbTo buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.
5.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."
6.verbTo seek private gain under pretence of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.
7.verbTo strike or stab with a pointed instrument.
8.verbTo thrust in, as a pointed instrument.
9.verbTo hire or let in periods of service."to job a carriage"
10.nounBuying and selling stocks or goods for profit; mercenary trading.
11.nounThe fact or practice of using a public office or other position of trust for personal gain.
12.nounWork carried out by the job; piecework, odd-job work.
13.adjectiveThat does odd jobs; that works on occasional jobs as available."The jobbing foundryman has very little control over the nature of the jobs which come his way."