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jobbing

Variant of job

noun

  1. a specific piece of work, as in one's trade, or done by agreement for pay
  2. anything one has to do; task; chore; duty
  3. the thing or material being worked on
    1. the action of doing a task, duty, or piece of work
    2. a result or product of such action
  4. ☆ a position of employment; situation; work
  5. Informal a criminal act or deed, as a theft, etc.
  6. Informal any happening, affair, matter, object, etc.
  7. Chiefly Brit. a thing done supposedly in the public interest but actually for private gain

adjective

hired or done by the job

intransitive verb jobbed, jobbing

  1. to do odd jobs
  2. to act as a jobber or broker
  3. Chiefly Brit. to do public or official business dishonestly for private gain

transitive verb

  1. to buy and sell (goods) as wholesaler; handle as middleman
  2. to let or sublet (work, contracts, etc.)
  3. to hire or let for hire, as a horse or carriage
  4. Slang to deceive; trick; cheat
  5. Chiefly Brit. to transact (public business) dishonestly for private gain

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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