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Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1705 chiefly British working occasionally at separate short jobs

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. working on separate or occasional jobs (esp. of a computer, gardener, or printer).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Job Job, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jobbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Jobbing.] 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Jobbing Job"bing, a. 1. Doing chance work or add jobs; as, a jobbing carpenter. 2. Using opportunities of public service for private gain; as, a jobbing politician. --London Sat. Rev. Jobbing house, a mercantile establishment which buys from importers, wholesalers or manufacturers, and sells to retailers. [U.S.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

A jobbing worker does not work for someone on a regular basis, but does particular jobs when they are asked to. (BRIT) ...a jobbing builder. ADJ: ADJ n

Moby Thesaurus

Machiavellianism, Machiavellism, agency, barter, bartering, brokerage, buying and selling, consumer preference study, consumer research, consumer survey, dealing, diplomacy, diplomatics, direct-mail selling, doing business, exchange, give-and-take, hard sell, hawking, high-pressure salesmanship, horse trading, huckstering, interchange, jobbery, legal bucketing, low-pressure salesmanship, mail-order selling, market research, marketing, marketing research, merchandising, peddling, politics, promotion, retailing, sales campaign, sales promotion, salesmanship, selling, sellout, soft sell, stockbrokerage, stockbroking, stockjobbery, stockjobbing, swapping, trade, trading, trafficking, wheeling and dealing, wholesaling