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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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..
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 strike or stab with a pointed instrument.
Expressman :: Expressman (n.) A person employed in the express business; also, the driver of a job wagon..
Line :: Line (n.) A number of shares taken by a jobber.
Lay :: Lay (v. t.) A job, price, or profit..
Jobber :: "Jobber (n.) One who buys goods from importers, wholesalers, or manufacturers, and sells to retailers..
Bookwork :: Bookwork (n.) Work done upon a book or books (as in a printing office), in distinction from newspaper or job work..
Jab :: "Jab (v. t.) To thrust; to stab; to punch. See Job, v. t..
Trading :: Trading (a.) Venal; corrupt; jobbing; as, a trading politician..
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..
Job :: "Job (n.) 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..
Leviathan :: Leviathan (n.) An aquatic animal, described in the book of Job, ch. xli., and mentioned in other passages of Scripture..
Jobation :: "Jobation (n.) A scolding; a hand, tedious reproof..
Job :: "Job (v. t.) To thrust in, as a pointed instrument..
Behemoth :: Behemoth (n.) An animal, probably the hippopotamus, described in Job xl. 15-24..
Job :: "Job (n.) Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately..
Jobbing :: "Jobbing (a.) Using opportunities of public service for private gain; as, a jobbing politician..
Job :: "Job (v. t.) To do or cause to be done by separate portions or lots; to sublet (work); as, to job a contract..
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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