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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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
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
Lorries that supply the plant contain a collection of different components, not a single job lot of brake parts, for instance.
From BBC • Sep. 29, 2018
It was run on such a pittance the players were grateful when the sponsors presented them with a job lot of yoghurt and fruit juice.
From The Guardian • Nov. 9, 2012
How grewsome it would have been," he thought, "to be carried off in a job lot like that!
From Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes by Goodwin, Maud Wilder
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