קִיבּוֹלֶת, (קָבַל I) contract-labor, job. M. Kat. 11ᵇ היתה מלאכת אחרים בידו אע"פ שבק׳ וכ׳ if the mourner has work for others on hand, even if it be contract-labor, he must not work; (emended) בין ק׳ בין שאינה ק׳ whether it be contract-labor or not (whether he is paid for the job or by the day. Ib. 12ᵃ מקבלי ק׳ בתוך וכ׳ if gentiles take labor on contract within the Sabbath limits (of the Jewish employer), it is forbidden to let them work on the Sabbath. Ib.; Tosef. ib. II, 5 מקבלין ק׳ במועד וכ׳ you may contract during the festive week for work to be done after the festival. Y. Sabb. I, 4ᵃ bot. בין בשכיר בין בק׳ whether he is hired by the day or by the piece; Y. Ab. Zar. I, 39ᵇ bot.; Tosef. ib. I, 3 אם היה שְׂכִיר קַבָּלוּת (not שכר) if he was hired by the piece.