jobbing

Job \Job\ (j[o^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jobbed} (j[o^]bd); p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Jobbing}.]
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   1. To strike or stab with a pointed instrument. --L'Estrange.
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   2. To thrust in, as a pointed instrument. --Moxon.
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   3. To do or cause to be done by separate portions or lots; to
      sublet (work); as, to job a contract.
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   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.
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   5. To hire or let by the job or for a period of service; as,
      to job a carriage. --Thackeray.
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Jobbing \Job"bing\, a.
   1. Doing chance work or odd jobs; as, a jobbing carpenter.
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   2. Using opportunities of public service for private gain;
      as, a jobbing politician. --London Sat. Rev.
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   {Jobbing house}, a mercantile establishment which buys from
      importers, wholesalers or manufacturers, and sells to
      retailers. [U.S.]
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51 Moby Thesaurus words for "jobbing":
      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