English Dictionary

jobber

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈd͡ʒɒb.ə(ɹ)/

名詞

古語 イギリス英語 廃用 アメリカ英語 イギリス英語 俗語

(archaic) One who works by the job (i.e. paid per individual piece of work) and/or recruits other people for such work.

日本語の意味

日ごとの仕事ごとに報酬を得る働き方をする人（＝日雇い労働者） / そのような仕事をする人を募集・斡旋する人

The small textile firm relied on a jobber who earned his living by completing individual pieces rather than by a fixed wage.

その小さな織物工場は出来高制で働く労働者に頼っており、定額の賃金ではなく、仕上げた一つ一つの品ごとに生計を立てていた。

意味（1）

(archaic) One who works by the job (i.e. paid per individual piece of work) and/or recruits other people for such work.

The deponent, in the course of negotiation for sundry jobs, expressed his curiosity repecting the Habits and Life of the Knights of the Thimble, when the jobber to the Nobility and Gentry kindly volunteered to accompny him on a round to some of the great shops of the west.

意味（2）

(theater) An actor temporarily employed for a specific role, often in a touring company.

Most of the music circuses use jobbers in four to eight of the leading roles for each show. These jobbers are principal actors who are employed for one or two leading roles during the season. There is no difference between a star and a jobber, except that a jobber is not necessarily a big-name performer […]

意味（3）

(obsolete, UK, 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

意味（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.

意味（5）

(Britain, finance) A market maker on the stock exchange.

意味（6）

(professional wrestling slang) A performer whose primary role is to lose to established talent.

意味（7）

(slang) A thing (often used in a vague way to refer to something the name of which one cannot recall).

jobbers （ plural ）