jobbing
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Definitions ofjobbing
- To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
- To work as a jobber.
- To take the loss.
- To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.
- (often with out) To subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.
Example: "We wanted to sell a turnkey plant, but they jobbed out the contract to small firms."
- To seek private gain under pretence of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.
- To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.
- To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.
- To hire or let in periods of service.
Example: "to job a carriage"
- Buying and selling stocks or goods for profit; mercenary trading.
- The fact or practice of using a public office or other position of trust for personal gain.
- Work carried out by the job; piecework, odd-job work.
- That does odd jobs; that works on occasional jobs as available.
Example: "The jobbing foundryman has very little control over the nature of the jobs which come his way."
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