sell as a job lot

  • 1job lot — ➔ lot * * * job lot UK US noun [C] UK INFORMAL ► COMMERCE a collection of several things which are bought or sold as a group, usually at a cheap price: a job lot of sth »He bought a job lot of computers at a bargain price. ► FINANCE, STOCK MARKET …

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  • 2Ocean State Job Lot — Type Private Genre Liquidation, Closeouts Founded 1977 Founder(s) Roy Dubs, Marc Perlman, Alan …

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  • 3sell — W1S1 [sel] v past tense and past participle sold [səuld US sould] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(give something for money)¦ 2¦(make something available)¦ 3¦(make somebody want something)¦ 4¦(be bought)¦ 5 sell like hot cakes 6¦(idea/plan)¦ 7 sell yourself 8 sell… …

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  • 4job — job1 [jäb] n. [< ?] 1. a specific piece of work, as in one s trade, or done by agreement for pay 2. anything one has to do; task; chore; duty 3. the thing or material being worked on 4. a) the action of doing a task, duty, or piece of work …

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  • 5lot — A unit of trading (used to describe a designated number of contracts). For example, a trade quantity of one equals a one lot; a trade quantity of four equals a four lot. Also called cars. Chicago Mercantile Exchange Glossary Another term for a… …

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  • 6sell — 1 /sel/ verb past tense and past participle sold /sUld/ 1 GIVE STH FOR MONEY (I, T) to give something to someone in exchange for money: If you offer them another thousand, I think they ll sell. | sell sth for 100/$50/30p etc: Toni s selling her… …

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  • 7job — I. /dʒɒb / (say job) noun 1. a piece of work; an individual piece of work done in the routine of one s occupation or trade. 2. a piece of work of defined character undertaken for a fixed price. 3. the unit or material being worked upon. 4. the… …

  • 8job — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a piece of work, esp. one done for hire or profit. 2 a paid position of employment. 3 colloq. anything one has to do. 4 colloq. a difficult task (had a job to find them). 5 a product of work, esp. if well done. 6 Computing an item …

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  • 9Job — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a piece of work, esp. one done for hire or profit. 2 a paid position of employment. 3 colloq. anything one has to do. 4 colloq. a difficult task (had a job to find them). 5 a product of work, esp. if well done. 6 Computing an item …

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  • 10job — {{11}}job (n.) 1550s, in phrase jobbe of worke piece of work (contrasted with continuous labor), of uncertain origin, perhaps a variant of gobbe mass, lump (c.1400; see GOB (Cf. gob)) via sense of a cart load. Sense of work done for pay first… …

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