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.