Robber vs Jobber - What's the difference?
robber | jobber |
(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).
As nouns the difference between robber and jobber
is that robber is a person who robs while jobber is one who works by the job and recruit other people(as in the 19th Century).robber
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Hyponyms
* bank robber * muggerHypernyms
* thiefDerived terms
* robber baron * robber crab * robber fly * robber gulljobber
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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]