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Job v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jobbed p. pr. & vb. n. Jobbing.]
1. To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.
2. To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.
3. To do or cause to be done by separate portions or lots; to sublet (work); as, to job a contract.
4. Com. To buy and sell, as a broker; to purchase of importers or manufacturers for the purpose of selling to retailers; as, to job goods.
5. To hire or let by the job or for a period of service; as, to job a carriage.
job
n 1: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn
money; "he's not in my line of business" [syn: occupation,
business, line of work, line]
2: 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" [syn: task, chore]
3: the performance of a piece of work; "she did an outstanding
job as Ophelia"; "he gave it up as a bad job"
4: the responsibility to do something; "it is their job to
print the truth"
5: a workplace; as in the expression "on the job";
6: an object worked on; a result produced by working; "he held
the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right"
7: a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved; "she and
her husband are having problems"; "it is always a job to
contact him"; "urban problems such as traffic congestion
and smog" [syn: problem]
8: a damaging piece of work; "dry rot did the job of destroying
the barn"; "the barber did a real job on my hair"
9: a crime (especially a robbery); "the gang pulled off a bank
job in St. Louis" [syn: caper]
10: a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith
in God in spite of afflictions that tested him
11: any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without
despairing
12: (computer science) a program application that may consist of
several steps but is a single logical unit
13: a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God
about his afflictions and God's reply [syn: Book of Job]
v 1: profit privately from public office and official business
2: arranged for contracted work to be done by others [syn: subcontract,
farm out]
3: work occasionally; "As a student I jobbed during the
semester breaks"
4: invest at a risk; "I bought this house not because I want to
live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am
speculating" [syn: speculate]
[also: jobbing, jobbed]