jobber meaning
EN
[-ɒbə(ɹ)] WJobber
- Jobber may refer to:
- A being or tool that "jobs", pecks, or stabs, such as:
- Jobber, a length of drill bit
- Tree-jobber or wood-jobber, a woodpecker
- Jobbing press, a type of printing press
- A person or corporation that engages in job production
- A professional wrestler who routinely loses a match, see Job (professional wrestling)
- One who performs odd jobs or piece work
- Jobbing house (or jobbing center, or jobber), a type of wholesale business
- Jobber (fuel), a middleman in the fuel industry
- Stockjobber, a dealer in financial securities. Jobber in the stock market is a person responsible for 'operating' (i.e. buying or selling) the stocks. In a way they are very similar to brokers.
- NounPLjobbers
- (archaic) One who works by the job and recruit other people(as in the 19th Century).
- (business) An intermediary who buys and sells merchandise.
- (US, business) 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.".
- (Britain, finance) A market maker on the stock exchange.
- (obsolete, Britain, finance) A promoter or broker of stocks for investment.
- 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]
- (professional wrestling slang) a performer whose primary role is to lose to established talent.
- A thing (often used in a vague way to refer to something the name of which one cannot recall).
- (archaic) One who works by the job and recruit other people(as in the 19th Century).
Definition of jobber in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Nouns
- en jobbers
- en jobbery
- en jobberies
- en jobbernowl
- en jobbernowls
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "jobber" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.