DictionaryjobTrading for profit
verb

job

To buy and resell for profit.

The firm jobs surplus goods to small independent stores.

Etymology

The trading verb developed from doing a piece of business. It specializes that dealing to buying goods or securities and reselling them for profit.

More examples

  • They job printed materials to retailers.
  • He made his living jobbing merchandise.
  • The business jobbed textiles around the region.

Forms

job · jobs · jobbed · jobbing

Similar words

resell
Directly describes selling something previously acquired.