different between jobber vs jobbed

English

Etymology

job +? -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?b?(?)

Noun

jobber (plural jobbers)

1. (archaic) One who works by the job (i.e. paid per individual piece of work) and recruits other people. [19th c.]
2. (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

3. (business) An intermediary who buys and sells merchandise.
4. (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.
5. (Britain, finance) A market maker on the stock exchange.
6. (professional wrestling slang) A performer whose primary role is to lose to established talent.
7. (slang) A thing (often used in a vague way to refer to something the name of which one cannot recall).
8. (theater) An actor temporarily employed for a specific role, often in a touring company.
   • 1986, J. Allen, The 1986 Summer Theater Guide (page 83)

     Jobbers are used as needed.

Usage notes

Because of the negative connotations of the word jobber, the sense of "intermediary in the apparel industry" has been superseded by the more politically-correct term off-price specialist.

Synonyms

• (wrestling): jabroni

Derived terms

• clock-jobber
• land-jobber
• stock-jobber
• watch-jobber

Danish

Noun

jobber

1. jobber, speculator

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

jobber m pl

1. indefinite plural of jobb

Verb

jobber

1. present tense of jobbe

English

Verb

jobbed

1. simple past tense and past participle of job