A task.
A thing or whatsit (often used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall).
A sex act.
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.
An economic role for which a person is paid.
The police as a profession, act of policing, or an individual police officer.
A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer).
A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.
Plastic surgery.
Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.
To subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.
To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.
To seek private gain under pretence of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.
To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.
To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.
To work as a jobber.
To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
To take the loss.
To hire or let in periods of service.
The act of one who undertakes (in either sense).
A promise or pledge; a guarantee.
That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.
The business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals.