Jobber vs Jobbery - What's the difference?
jobber | jobbery |
(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."
(British, finance) A market maker on the stock exchange
(obsolete, UK, finance) A promoter or broker of stocks for investment.
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).
The improper or corrupt act or conduct of public or official business for the sake of private gain.
As nouns the difference between jobber and jobbery
is that jobber is (archaic) one who works by the job and recruit other people(as in the 19th century) while jobbery is the improper or corrupt act or conduct of public or official business for the sake of private gain.jobber
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Noun
(en noun)- 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]