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noun
a large, often assorted quantity of goods sold or handled as a single transaction.
a miscellaneous quantity; a quantity of odds and ends.
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Origin of job lot

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby job lot

job evaluation, jobholder, job-hop, job-hunt, jobless, job lot, job market, job order, job-order costing, job printer, job rotation
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Words related to job lot

grab bag, inventory, miscellanea, mixed bag, rag bag

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British Dictionary definitions for job lot

job lot
noun
a miscellaneous collection of articles sold as a lot
a collection of cheap or trivial items
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