Definition of job

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Job (v. i.) To seek private gain under pretense of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.

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Shelving :: Shelving (n.) The act of fitting up shelves; as, the job of shelving a closet..
Put-up :: Put-up (a.) Arranged; plotted; -- in a bad sense; as, a put-up job..
Chare :: Chare (v. i.) To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs..
Alligator :: Alligator (n.) a kind of job press, called also alligator press..
Nutjobber :: Nutjobber (n.) The nuthatch.
Odd :: Odd (superl.) Remaining over; unconnected; detached; fragmentary; hence, occasional; inconsiderable; as, odd jobs; odd minutes; odd trifles..
Wholesale :: Wholesale (a.) Pertaining to, or engaged in, trade by the piece or large quantity; selling to retailers or jobbers rather than to consumers; as, a wholesale merchant; the wholesale price..
Job :: "Job (v. t.) To hire or let by the job or for a period of service; as, to job a carriage..
Job :: "Job (n.) A situation or opportunity of work; as, he lost his job..
Jobation :: "Jobation (n.) A scolding; a hand, tedious reproof..
Job :: "Job (v. t.) To thrust in, as a pointed instrument..
Job :: Job (v. i.) To do chance work for hire; to work by the piece; to do petty work.
Job :: "Job (n.) 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..
Job :: "Job (v. t.) To buy and sell, as a broker; to purchase of importers or manufacturers for the purpose of selling to retailers; as, to job goods..
Jobbery :: Jobbery (n.) The act or practice of jobbing.
Stockmen :: Stockjobbing (n.) The act or art of dealing in stocks; the business of a stockjobber.
Flunky :: Flunky (n.) One easily deceived in buying stocks; an inexperienced and unwary jobber.
Hagiographa :: Hagiographa (n. pl.) The last of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, or that portion not contained in the Law and the Prophets. It comprises Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Canticles, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles..
Jobbery :: "Jobbery (n.) Underhand management; official corruption; as, municipal jobbery..
Stockjobbing :: Stockjobber (n.) One who speculates in stocks for gain; one whose occupation is to buy and sell stocks. In England a jobber acts as an intermediary between brokers.
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