3. To do or cause to be done by separate portions or lots; to sublet (work); as, to job a contract.
4. (Com.)
Defn: 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
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
Job, n.
Defn: 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.