jobbing

jobbing
'job·bing || 'dʒɑbɪŋ /'dʒɒb- adj. (U.K.) working on a temporary basis; doing add jobs; taking advantage of opportunities of public service for personal gain dʒɑb /dʒɒb n. work, employment, occupation; task; piece of work, duty, assignment; product of work done; manner in which work is done; problem, difficulty; theft, robbery, crime (Slang); task, procedure, assignment (Computers) v. do paid work now and then, do odd jobs; work as a middleman, buy and sell; hire temporarily for a specific task; portion out pieces of work to different individuals; punish or take away unfairly

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  • Jobbing — Job bing, a. 1. Doing chance work or odd jobs; as, a jobbing carpenter. [1913 Webster] 2. Using opportunities of public service for private gain; as, a jobbing politician. London Sat. Rev. [1913 Webster] {Jobbing house}, a mercantile… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Jobbing — or To Job has the following meanings:*In the wholesale mercantile business refers to: ** Jobbing center , to buy wholesale products to sell to retailers.*Used in Pop Culture **Used as a verb in Professional wrestling. jobbing means to lose or lie …   Wikipedia

  • jobbing — index commercial Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • jobbing — [[t]ʤɒ̱bɪŋ[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n A jobbing worker does not work for someone on a regular basis, but does particular jobs when they are asked to. [BRIT] ...a jobbing builder …   English dictionary

  • jobbing — UK [ˈdʒɒbɪŋ] / US [ˈdʒɑbɪŋ] adjective British a jobbing worker does not have a permanent job and does individual pieces of work for money a jobbing builder …   English dictionary

  • Jobbing — Job Job (j[o^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jobbed} (j[o^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Jobbing}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To strike or stab with a pointed instrument. L Estrange. [1913 Webster] 2. To thrust in, as a pointed instrument. Moxon. [1913 Webster] 3. To… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Jobbing — Recorded in many forms including Job, Jobb, Jupp, Jopp, the diminutives Joblin, Jobling, Jobbling, Jopling, Jobbing, Jobbings, the dialectals Joberne, Joburn, Joburne, Yerborn, and others, this is an English surname but one of at least four… …   Surnames reference

  • jobbing — adj. Jobbing is used with these nouns: ↑printer …   Collocations dictionary

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