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Job
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(v. i.) To seek private gain under pretense of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.
(2):
(v. t.) To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.
(3):
(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.
(4):
(n.) A situation or opportunity of work; as, he lost his job.
(5):
(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.
(6):
(n.) Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.
(7):
(v. t.) To hire or let by the job or for a period of service; as, to job a carriage.
(8):
(n.) The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the typical patient man.
(9):
(v. i.) To carry on the business of a jobber in merchandise or stocks.
(10):
(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.
(11):
(n.) A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.
(12):
(v. t.) To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.
(13):
(v. t.) To do or cause to be done by separate portions or lots; to sublet (work); as, to job a contract.
(14):
(v. i.) To do chance work for hire; to work by the piece; to do petty work.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Job'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​j/job.html. 1828.