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Word: jobber (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • An intermediary who buys and sells merchandise.
  • archaic One who works by the job.
  • British a market maker on the stock exchange
  • hockey slang rfv-sense An entity that jobs stuff
  • professional wrestling slang In professional wrestling, a performer whose primary role is to lose to established talent.
  • obsolete an unscrupulous promoter or broker of stocks for investment, often on speculative value and through manipulative or deceptive means
  • rfv-sense A person or corporation that engages in job production.
  • US A type of intermediary in the apparel industry, as well as others, who buys excess merchandise from brand owners and manufacturers, and sells to retailers at prices that are 20-70% below wholesale. Because of the negative connotations of the word "jobber," they are now referred to by the more politically-correct term - "Off-price specialists."

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