[{"word":"jobbing","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To work as a jobber.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To take the loss.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(often with out) To subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"We wanted to sell a turnkey plant, but they jobbed out the contract to small firms."},{"definition":"To seek private gain under pretence of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To hire or let in periods of service.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to job a carriage"}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"Buying and selling stocks or goods for profit; mercenary trading.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The fact or practice of using a public office or other position of trust for personal gain.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Work carried out by the job; piecework, odd-job work.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"adjective","definitions":[{"definition":"That does odd jobs; that works on occasional jobs as available.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The jobbing foundryman has very little control over the nature of the jobs which come his way."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/job","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jobbing"]}]