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Jobbing

verb
Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

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."

Synonyms

stockjobbingmongeringtrademerchandisewheeling and dealingtradershipjobbing houseagiotagetradingproprietary tradingmerchandisingblack marketeering

Rhymes With

sobbingthrobbingbobbingknobbinghobnobbingswabbingdaubingrobbing
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