| • | A sudden thrust or stab; a jab. | 
											
															| • | 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. | 
											
															| • | 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. | 
											
															| • | Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or
   unfortunately. | 
											
															| • | A situation or opportunity of work; as, he lost his job. | 
											
															| • | To strike or stab with a pointed instrument. | 
											
															| • | To thrust in, as a pointed instrument. | 
											
															| • | To do or cause to be done by separate portions or lots; to
   sublet (work); as, to job a contract. | 
											
															| • | To buy and sell, as a broker; to purchase of importers or
   manufacturers for the purpose of selling to retailers; as, to job
   goods. | 
											
															| • | To hire or let by the job or for a period of service; as,
   to job a carriage. | 
											
															| • | To do chance work for hire; to work by the piece; to do
   petty work. | 
											
															| • | To seek private gain under pretense of public service; to
   turn public matters to private advantage. | 
											
															| • | To carry on the business of a jobber in merchandise or
   stocks. | 
											
															| • | The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the
   typical patient man. |