To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
To work as a jobber.
To take the loss.
To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.
(often with out) to subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.
Example: "We wanted to sell a turnkey plant, but they jobbed out the contract to small firms."
To seek private gain under pretence of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.
To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.
To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.
To hire or let in periods of service.
Example: "To job a carriage"
Buying and selling stocks or goods for profit; mercenary trading.
The fact or practice of using a public office or other position of trust for personal gain.
Work carried out by the job; piecework, odd-job work.
That does odd jobs; that works on occasional jobs as available.
Example: "The jobbing foundryman has very little control over the nature of the jobs which come his way."