Dictionary entry

Job (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Job, 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.