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Määritelmät

Substantiivit

1. A task.
2. An economic role for which a person is paid.
3. (in noun compounds) Plastic surgery.
4. (computing) A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer).
5. A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.
6. 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.
7. Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.
8. A thing (often used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall).

Verbit

1. (intransitive) To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
2. (intransitive) To work as a jobber.
3. (intransitive, professional wrestling slang) To take the loss.
4. (transitive, trading) To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.
5. (transitive, often, with out) To subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.
6. (intransitive) To seek private gain under pretence of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.
7. To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.
8. To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.
9. To hire or let in periods of service.