job lot

American  

noun

1. a large, often assorted quantity of goods sold or handled as a single transaction.

2. a miscellaneous quantity; a quantity of odds and ends.

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job lot British  

noun

1. a miscellaneous collection of articles sold as a lot

2. a collection of cheap or trivial items

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Etymology

Origin of job lot

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

Toilets, taps, basins and baths make up the Crapper cluster, with the owner hoping someone will be "en suite" enough to buy it as a job lot, lest the lovely lavs be split up.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2024

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

Back in his most bombastic days prior to his trial, Black commissioned a job lot of 150 T-shirts adorned with words "Conrad will win" over an image of his distinctive silhouette in a pensive pose.

From The Guardian • Jul. 21, 2010

Then a job lot of molecular stresses are thrown out of balance, and the thing develops the surprising faculty of flying into innumerable fragments, with a very pleasing explosion.

From Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic by Quick, Herbert