job lot
Americannoun
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a large, often assorted quantity of goods sold or handled as a single transaction.
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a miscellaneous quantity; a quantity of odds and ends.
noun
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a miscellaneous collection of articles sold as a lot
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a collection of cheap or trivial items
Etymology
Origin of job lot
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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So far, Mills had faced his challenge with good humour, admitting he'd invested in a job lot of nipple plasters before arriving at BBC Broadcasting House.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2022
On the issue of facultative reinsurance, whereby it insures bundles of risk in a job lot, Swiss Re said it expected to finalise a policy for the oil and gas sector in 2023.
From Reuters ● Mar. 17, 2022
"We... dispute whether selling off the whole estate in one job lot is the best way of supporting small businesses and the local economies which rely on them," a Guardian of the Arches spokesperson said.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2018
It led to the unthinkable: sell the paintings to the highest bidder, which is how they arrived in Russia, bought as a job lot by Catherine the Great for the then vast sum of £40,555.
From The Guardian ● May 11, 2013
They buy a hundred in a job lot, and if they want a picture and can’t secure a legitimate one, or a snap-shot from the reporter’s kodak, they use what they have on hand.
From Polly in New York by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth
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