jobbing

Job ¹  (jb)

In the Bible, an upright man whose faith in God survived the test of repeated calamities.

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[Hebrew 'iyyôb; see b in Semitic roots.]

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Job ²  (jb)

n. Abbr. Jb

See Table at Bible.

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[After Job.]

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job ¹  (jb)

n.

1. A regular activity performed in exchange for payment, especially as one's trade, occupation, or profession.

2. A position in which one is employed.

3.

a. A task that must be done: Washing the windows is not my job.

b. A specified duty or responsibility. See Synonyms at task.

4.

a. A specific piece of work to be done for a set fee: an expensive repair job.

b. The object to be worked on.

c. Something resulting from or produced by work.

5. Computer Science A program application that may consist of several steps but is performed as a single logical unit.

6. Informal A difficult or strenuous task: It was a real job to convince them to drop the charges.

7. Informal A bad or unsatisfactory piece of work: The stylist did a real job on my hair.

8. Informal A state of affairs: Their marriage was a bad job from the start. It's a good job that we left early to avoid the traffic.

9. Informal A criminal act, especially a robbery: a bank job.

10. Informal An example of a specified type, especially of something made or constructed. Often used in combination: a new building that is just another glass and steel job; a cowboy hat that is one of those ten-gallon jobs.

v. jobbed, job·bing, jobs

v.intr.

1. To work at odd jobs.

2. To work by the piece.

3. To act as a jobber.

v.tr.

1. To purchase (merchandise) from manufacturers and sell it to retailers.

2. To arrange for (contracted work) to be done in portions by others; subcontract.

3. To transact (official business) dishonestly for private profit.

Idiom:

on the job

Paying close attention; on the alert.

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[Perhaps from obsolete jobbe, piece, alteration of Middle English gobbe, lump; see gob¹.]

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job ²  (jb) Archaic

tr. & intr.v. jobbed, job·bing, jobs

To jab or make a jab.

n.

A jab.

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[Middle English jobben, of imitative origin.]

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jobbing [ˈdʒɒbɪŋ]

adj

working on occasional jobs or by the piece rather than in a regular job a jobbing gardener

Translations

jobbing [ˈdʒɒbɪŋ]

A. ADJ (Brit) [gardener, carpenter] → que trabaja a destajo, destajista
jobbing printer → impresor m de circulares, folletos

B. N (St Ex) → agiotaje m

jobbing [ˈdʒɒbɪŋ] adj (British) [workman] → à la tâche, à la journée
job centre Jobcentre [ˈdʒɒbsɛntə] n (British) → ANPE f, Agence f nationale pour l'emploi
job club n (British) → club m d'entraide pour chômeurs
job creation n → création f d'emplois
job creation scheme n → plan m de création d'emplois
job description n → description f de poste
job hunt job search n → recherche f d'emploi
job hunting n → chasse f à l'emploi
job interview n → entretien m d'embauche

jobbing

adj → Gelegenheits-; jobbing worker/actor → Gelegenheitsarbeiter(in) m(f) → /-schauspieler m

n

(= casual work) → Gelegenheitsarbeit f

(St Ex) → Börsen- or Effektenhandel m

jobbing [ˈdʒɒbɪŋ] adj (Brit) (worker, gardener) → a cottimo

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jobbing [ˈdʒɒbɪŋ] adj (Brit) (worker, gardener) → a cottimo