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Webster's English Dictionary

job

n. [Prov. E. job, gob, n., a small piece of wood, v., to stab, strike; cf. E. gob, gobbet; perh. influenced by E. chop to cut off, to mince. See Gob.] ()

1. A sudden thrust or stab; a jab. ()

2. 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. ()

3. 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. ()

4. Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately. ()

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5. A situation or opportunity of work; as, he lost his job. ()

6. A task, or the execution of a task; as, Michelangelo did a great job on the David statue. ()

7. (Computers) A task or coordinated set of tasks for a multitasking computer, submitted for processing as a single unit, usually for execution in background. See job control language. ()

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By the job, at a stipulated sum for the work, or for each piece of work done; -- distinguished from time work; as, the house was built by the job. -- Job lot, a quantity of goods, usually miscellaneous, sold out of the regular course of trade, at a certain price for the whole; as, these articles were included in a job lot. -- Job master, one who lest out horses and carriages for hire, as for family use. [Eng.] -- Job printer, one who does miscellaneous printing, esp. circulars, cards, billheads, etc. -- Odd job, miscellaneous work of a petty kind; occasional work, of various kinds, or for various people. -- to do a job on, to harm badly or destroy. [slang] -- on the job, alert; performing a responsibility well. [slang] ()

v. t. ()

1. To strike or stab with a pointed instrument. (L'Estrange.)

2. To thrust in, as a pointed instrument. (Moxon.)

3. To do or cause to be done by separate portions or lots; to sublet (work); as, to job a contract. ()

4. (Com.) To buy and sell, as a broker; to purchase of importers or manufacturers for the purpose of selling to retailers; as, to job goods. ()

5. To hire or let by the job or for a period of service; as, to job a carriage. (Thackeray.)

v. i. 1. To do chance work for hire; to work by the piece; to do petty work. ()

Authors of all work, to job for the season. (Moore.)

2. To seek private gain under pretense of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage. ()

And judges job, and bishops bite the town. (Pope.)

3. To carry on the business of a jobber in merchandise or stocks. ()

n. The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the prototypical patient man. ()

Job's comforter. (a) A false friend; a tactless or malicious person who, under pretense of sympathy, insinuates rebukes. (b) A boil. [Colloq.] -- Job's news, bad news. Carlyle. -- Job's tears (Bot.), a kind of grass (Coix Lacryma), with hard, shining, pearly grains. ()