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Definition of jobber in English: jobbernoun ˈdʒɒbəˈdʒɑbər 1historical (in the UK) a principal or wholesaler who dealt only on the Stock Exchange with brokers, not directly with the public. 〈史〉(英国)股票自营商 Example sentencesExamples - The decision was taken at a meeting of over 1000 day traders, arbitragers and jobbers here today.
- However, the 1929 survey also suggested that the qualities of ideal bananas varied in relation to jobbers ' perceptions of market demand.
- Transaction tax will finish day traders, jobbers and arbitragers, and cripple the share markets.
- Brokers made a commission charged to their principals; jobbers made a ‘turn’ on the bid-ask spread always intending to buy low and sell high.
Synonyms stockbroker, broker-dealer, broker, agent, negotiator 2North American A wholesaler. 〈北美〉批发商 Example sentencesExamples - The jobber sells to the installer who fixes the car.
- The jobber said to him, ‘You manufacture this, that, or the other.’
- Automated replenishment of parts offered by jobbers is utilized by 61 percent of repair shops; 25 percent work with WDs.
- These bearskin jobbers would then hope to purchase the bearskins from trappers at a lower price and then deliver them to their customers for a profit.
- As a result, shippers, fruit jobbers, and retailers were primarily concerned about fruit weights, perishability, and aesthetic qualities, including color, flavor, and texture.
- He has written for several years about the ways in which jobbers and middle-men ruthlessly exploit migrant labour in the informal sector.
- Contact your jobber or go to www.gates.com/adverts to order literature.
3A person who does casual or occasional work. 做零工者 Example sentencesExamples - Thence it passed by railroad, with another transfer of ownership, into the hands of a Chicago jobber.
- We get to meet more mature graduates and second jobbers who are considering the public sector or accountancy as a career change.
- Senators dismissed tariff opponents as a collection of ‘dealers, commission merchants, and jobbers.’
- Mark or Johnnie were in no way abrasive as were many jobbers of the day.
- For the proud majority of summer jobbers, a J1 day when you're not wasted is a day wasted.
- Otherwise jobbers and foreigners have been driving today's activity.
- He was sure the cheerfulness would end when they got into combat, Swift had been a desk jobber until now, sorting Company papers.
- The taxi drivers want the Government to prioritise the number of double jobbers, reductions in incomes and increases in insurance costs.
- To judge by the data collected in 1929, fruit jobber businesses ranged widely in both size and clientele.
- Pretty much anything you say to her is fine as long as you don't call her a jobber.
- If you are uncomfortable operating a piece of heavy equipment, consider hiring a commercial jobber.
- It seems to be a way of life for the nine o'clock jobbers.
- A pool of silver-haired jobbers would, he said, help to dampen the rise in the value of quotations because of demand outstripping supply.
UsageOn the UK Stock Exchange the term jobber was officially replaced by broker-dealer in 1986, broker-dealers being entitled to act as both agents and principals in share dealings OriginLate 17th century (in the sense 'broker, middleman', originally not derogatory): from job1. Rhymesclobber, cobber, mobber, robber, slobber Definition of jobber in US English: jobbernounˈdʒɑbərˈjäbər 1North American A wholesaler. 〈北美〉批发商 Example sentencesExamples - The jobber sells to the installer who fixes the car.
- Contact your jobber or go to www.gates.com/adverts to order literature.
- Automated replenishment of parts offered by jobbers is utilized by 61 percent of repair shops; 25 percent work with WDs.
- He has written for several years about the ways in which jobbers and middle-men ruthlessly exploit migrant labour in the informal sector.
- These bearskin jobbers would then hope to purchase the bearskins from trappers at a lower price and then deliver them to their customers for a profit.
- The jobber said to him, ‘You manufacture this, that, or the other.’
- As a result, shippers, fruit jobbers, and retailers were primarily concerned about fruit weights, perishability, and aesthetic qualities, including color, flavor, and texture.
2A person who does casual or occasional work. 做零工者 Example sentencesExamples - For the proud majority of summer jobbers, a J1 day when you're not wasted is a day wasted.
- A pool of silver-haired jobbers would, he said, help to dampen the rise in the value of quotations because of demand outstripping supply.
- If you are uncomfortable operating a piece of heavy equipment, consider hiring a commercial jobber.
- The taxi drivers want the Government to prioritise the number of double jobbers, reductions in incomes and increases in insurance costs.
- It seems to be a way of life for the nine o'clock jobbers.
- Otherwise jobbers and foreigners have been driving today's activity.
- He was sure the cheerfulness would end when they got into combat, Swift had been a desk jobber until now, sorting Company papers.
- Senators dismissed tariff opponents as a collection of ‘dealers, commission merchants, and jobbers.’
- Mark or Johnnie were in no way abrasive as were many jobbers of the day.
- Pretty much anything you say to her is fine as long as you don't call her a jobber.
- Thence it passed by railroad, with another transfer of ownership, into the hands of a Chicago jobber.
- To judge by the data collected in 1929, fruit jobber businesses ranged widely in both size and clientele.
- We get to meet more mature graduates and second jobbers who are considering the public sector or accountancy as a career change.
3historical (in the UK) a principal or wholesaler who dealt only on the Stock Exchange with brokers, not directly with the public. 〈史〉(英国)股票自营商 Example sentencesExamples - Brokers made a commission charged to their principals; jobbers made a ‘turn’ on the bid-ask spread always intending to buy low and sell high.
- The decision was taken at a meeting of over 1000 day traders, arbitragers and jobbers here today.
- Transaction tax will finish day traders, jobbers and arbitragers, and cripple the share markets.
- However, the 1929 survey also suggested that the qualities of ideal bananas varied in relation to jobbers ' perceptions of market demand.
Synonyms stockbroker, broker-dealer, broker, agent, negotiator
OriginLate 17th century (in the sense ‘broker, middleman’, originally not derogatory): from job. |