See Also: Host(health)
host(3)(dictionary)
host(1)(dictionary)
host(2)(dictionary)
host(4)(dictionary)
Host(medicine)
host(5)(dictionary)
host(6)(dictionary)
Host(money)
paratenic host(medicine)

job(4) (iou) and host(5) (iou)


job(4) (iou)



job verb2. Infl. -bb-. L17.
[from JOB noun1.]
verb intrans. Do Jobs or odd pieces of work; do piece-work. L17.
a. verb trans. Buy and sell (stock or goods) as a middleman or broker. L17.
Observer His game plan is to..buy in,..then..job the shares on at a profit.
b. verb intrans. Buy and sell stock; deal or speculate in Stocks. E18.
verb trans. Let or deal with for profit. Now usu. foll. by out. E18.
G. Keillor Why the state jobbed out the survey to drunks is a puzzle.
verb trans. Give away by jobbery; get (a person) into some position by jobbery. E18.
a. verb intrans. Turn a public service or a position of trust to private or party advantage; practise jobbery. M18.
b. verb trans. Deal with corruptly for or turn to private or party advantage. E19.
H. H. Asquith The duties of the trierarchy,..are habitually evaded or jobbed.
verb trans. & intrans. Hire or (rare) hire out (a horse, carriage, etc.) for a particular job or period of time. L18.
H. Mayhew Very few noblemen..bring their carriage-horses to town;..they nearly all job.
verb trans. Complete (a task). Chiefly in that job's jobbed. colloq. M19.
verb trans. Put off by artifice. Cf. fob off (FOB verb1 2). L19.
verb trans. Cheat; betray. Cf. FRAME verb 10. slang (orig. US). E20.
With adverbs in specialized senses: job backwards make calculations retrospectively, esp. on Stock Exchange transactions, with the knowledge of subsequent events; fig. use hindsight. job off sell (goods) at very low prices.

host(5) (iou)



host verb1. ME.
[from HOST noun1.]
verb trans. Gather into a host; assemble in battle array, encamp. Long obsolete exc. as Hosting. ME.
verb intrans. Be assembled or gather in a host. LME-L18.