Jobber

Jobber

A jobber may refer to:
* In the United States, an intermediary in the apparel industry who buys excess merchandise from manufacturers and brand owners and sells to retailers at prices that are typically 20-70% below wholesale. Because of the emergence of the discount retail sector since the 1990s, jobbers have grown in stature and are more appropriately referred to as "off-price specialists."

* Jobber (fuel), a middleman in the fuel industry
* Job (professional wrestling), the deliberate loss of a match
* Stockjobber, a dealer in financial securities
* Jobbing house, a type of wholesale business
* Jobber, a length of drill bit (Drill bit sizes)
* Jobber, early twentieth century colloquial expression meaning a middleman (generalized) or go to man


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  • Jobber — Jobber …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • jobber — job·ber n 1: a wholesaler who operates on a small scale or who sells only to retailers and institutions 2: a person who works by the job Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • jobber — GÍO BĂR/ s. m. intermediar în comerţul internaţional, cu materii prime, care face legătura între exportator şi clientul importator. (< engl. jobber) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN …   Dicționar Român

  • Jobber — Job ber, n. 1. One who works by the job. [1913 Webster] 2. A dealer in the public stocks or funds; a stockjobber. [Eng.] [1913 Webster] 3. One who buys goods from importers, wholesalers, or manufacturers, and sells to retailers. [1913 Webster] 4 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Jobber — (engl., spr. Dschobber), Mäkler, Wucherer, Actienhändler; an der englischen Börse die Speculanten in Actien u. Staatspapieren; vgl. Agiotage …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Jobber — (spr. dsch , Stock J., von job, kleines lukratives Geschäft, Geschäftchen), engl. Bezeichnung desjenigen, der in Staatspapieren oder Aktien spekuliert, besonders wenn er dem Differenzgeschäft, der sogen. Agiotage oder dem Börsenspiel (stock… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Jobber — (engl., spr. dscho ), Händler; Stock J., jemand, der auf eigene Rechnung in Fonds und Aktien spekuliert, insbes. dem Börsenspiel obliegt …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Jobber — (dschobber), in England ein Speculant in Werthpapieren, besonders ein solcher, der das eigentliche Börsenspiel betreibt, vergl. Bull …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • jobber — (n.) one who does odd jobs, 1706, agent noun from JOB (Cf. job) …   Etymology dictionary

  • jobber — m DEFINICIJA v. džober …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • jobber — [jäb′ər] n. 1. a person who jobs; esp., one who buys goods in quantity from manufacturers or importers and sells them to dealers; wholesaler; middleman 2. a person who works by the job; also, one who does piecework 3. Brit. a person who deals in… …   English World dictionary

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