Associations to the word «Jobber»

Wiktionary

JOBBER, noun. (archaic) One who works by the job and recruit other people(as in the 19th Century).
JOBBER, noun. (business) An intermediary who buys and sells merchandise.
JOBBER, noun. (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."
JOBBER, noun. (British) (finance) A market maker on the stock exchange
JOBBER, noun. (obsolete) (UK) (finance) A promoter or broker of stocks for investment.
JOBBER, noun. (professional wrestling slang) a performer whose primary role is to lose to established talent.
JOBBER, noun. A thing (often used in a vague way to refer to something the name of which one cannot recall).

Dictionary definition

JOBBER, noun. Someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke