jobber

CEFRC1

/ˈd͡ʒɒb.ə(ɹ)/

noun

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01
noun
Someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers.
02
noun
Extra detail
A promoter or broker of stocks for investment.

Examples

She hired a jobber to fix the fence.
The jobber worked on various small projects.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 5
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 5
Synonyms: 5

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noun

Extra meanings

An actor temporarily employed for a specific role, often in a touring company.
One who works by the job (i.e. paid per individual piece of work) and/or recruits other people for such work.
An intermediary who buys and sells merchandise.

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The textile jobber bought the surplus fabric from the factory.
An act to restrain the number and ill practice of brokers and stock jobbers: 8 & 9 Wm. 3, ch. 32 (1697) [legislation of English parliament]
It is usually best to choose a book jobber to handle the bulk of a library's purchases.

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Most of the music circuses use jobbers in four to eight of the leading roles for each show. These jobbers are principal actors who are employed for one or two leading roles during the season. There is no difference between a star and a jobber, except that a jobber is not necessarily a "big-name" performer […]
1957, Lorna Marie Wildon, A survey of contemporary American musical arena theatres, and an analysis of problems of organization and production
Jobbers are used as needed.
1986, J. Allen, The 1986 Summer Theater Guide, page 83
We will say "I would rather be an expressman hauling tobacco, cigarettes, et cetera, than be a jobber of such commodities," especially in the city of Boston at the present writing.
1916 June 14, “25,000 Cigarettes at $1.50 Gross Profit, the Result of Boston Price Cuts: Jobbers Work On Starvation Basis, Despite Increased Cost of Doing Business”, in United States Tobacco Journal, volume 85, page 9
In considering the reasons for the manufacturer's growing independence of the jobber we must class them under two heads; first the reasons that might apply to the old-fashioned jobber who has not varied his activities from the historic model, and, second, the reasons that apply only to the jobber who has departed from the old model and has undertaken or abandoned certain activities in an attempt to strengthen his position.
1916, Herbert Francis De Bower, John George Jones, Marketing Methods and Salesmanship, page 123
It is usually best to choose a book jobber to handle the bulk of a library's purchases.
1965, John Boyd Corbin, A Technical Services Manual for Small Libraries, page 2

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Origin

noun

From job + -er.

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noun

The blank delivered the products from the factory to the local stores.