speculate, job
(verb) 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”
job
(verb) work occasionally; “As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks”
subcontract, farm out, job
(verb) arranged for contracted work to be done by others
job
(verb) profit privately from public office and official business
Source: WordNet® 3.1
jobbing
present participle of job
jobbing (plural jobbings)
Buying and selling stocks or goods for profit; mercenary trading. [from 17th c.]
The fact or practice of using a public office or other position of trust for personal gain. [from 17th c.]
Work carried out by the job; piecework, odd-job work. [from 18th c.]
jobbing (comparative more jobbing, superlative most jobbing)
That does odd jobs; that works on occasional jobs as available. [from 18th c.]
The jobbing foundryman has very little control over the nature of the jobs which come his way.
Source: Wiktionary
Job"bing, a.
1. Doing chance work or add jobs; as, a jobbing carpenter.
2. Using opportunities of public service for private gain; as, a jobbing politician. London Sat. Rev. Jobbing house, a mercantile establishment which buys from importers, wholesalers or manufacturers, and sells to retailers. [U.S.]
Job, n. Etym: [Prov. E. job, gob, n., a small piece of wood, v., to stab, strike; cf. E. gob, gobbet; perh. influenced by E. chop to cut off, to mince. See Gob.]
1. A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.
2. A piece of chance or occasional work; any definite work undertaken in gross for a fixed price; as, he did the job for a thousand dollars.
3. A public transaction done for private profit; something performed ostensibly as a part of official duty, but really for private gain; a corrupt official business.
4. Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately. [Colloq.]
5. A situation or opportunity of work; as, he lost his job. [Colloq.]
Note: Job is used adjectively to signify doing jobs, used for jobs, or let on hire to do jobs; as, job printer; job master; job horse; job wagon, etc. By the job, at a stipulated sum for the work, or for each piece of work done; -- distinguished from time work; as, the house was built by the job.
– Job lot, a quantity of goods, usually miscellaneous, sold out of the regular course of trade, at a certain price for the whole; as, these articles were included in a job lot.
– Job master, one who lest out horses and carriages for hire, as for family use. [Eng.] -- Job printer, one who does miscellaneous printing, esp. circulars, cards, billheads, etc.
– Odd job, miscellaneous work of a petty kind; occasional work, of various kinds, or for various people.
Job, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jobbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Jobbing.]
1. To strike or stab with a pointed instrument. L'Estrange.
2. To thrust in, as a pointed instrument. Moxon.
3. To do or cause to be done by separate portions or lots; to sublet (work); as, to job a contract.
4. (Com.)
Definition: 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. Thackeray.
Job, v. i.
1. To do chance work for hire; to work by the piece; to do petty work. Authors of all work, to job for the season. Moore.
2. To seek private gain under pretense of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage. And judges job, and bishops bite the town. Pope.
3. To carry on the business of a jobber in merchandise or stocks.
Job, n.
Definition: The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the typical patient man. Job's comforter. (a) A false friend; a tactless or malicious person who, under pretense of sympathy, insinuates rebukes. (b) A boil. [Colloq.] -- Job's news, bad news. Carlyle.
– Job's tears (Bot.), a kind of grass (Coix Lacryma), with hard, shining, pearly grains.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 November 2024
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