jobber
noun[C]
COMMERCEuk/ˈdʒɒbər/us(alsostock jobber)apersonorcompanythatbuyslargequantitiesofgoodstosellto othercompaniesordirectlyto thepublic:
Thewholesalejobber'scompanysuppliesindependents in sixcounties.
| 单词 | jobber |
| 释义 | jobber noun[C] COMMERCEuk/ˈdʒɒbər/us(alsostock jobber)apersonorcompanythatbuyslargequantitiesofgoodstosellto othercompaniesordirectlyto thepublic: Thewholesalejobber'scompanysuppliesindependents in sixcounties. Examplesofjobberjobber This essay first delineates some of the leading themes in the discourse about thejobber. From theCambridge English Corpus In the old days thejobberwas responsible for obtaining labour. From theCambridge English Corpus However, this did not mean that the strikers had readily accepted the jobbers' authority to speak on their behalf. From theCambridge English Corpus The leftist trade unions were vehemently critical of thejobber. From theCambridge English Corpus During the 1920s, as trade unions struggled to form, jobbers often played a significant role in them. From theCambridge English Corpus The jobbers toured the neighbourhoods and tried to gather the needed extra hands. From theCambridge English Corpus The head jobbers now 'promptly attempted to engage fresh hands'. From theCambridge English Corpus In any case, the relationship between the linejobberand the weavers, in particular, grew increasingly fractious. From theCambridge English Corpus The maintenance of the jobber's position depended upon striking the right balance between the imperatives of management and workers. From theCambridge English Corpus The relationship between jobbers and workers was marked not only by reciprocity but also by tension, conflict and antagonism. From theCambridge English Corpus The sustained militancy of the workers, co-ordinated across the industry as a whole, had revealed the limitations of the jobber's power to discipline labour. From theCambridge English Corpus On the other hand, jobbers had to remain responsive to the needs and demands of the workers. From theCambridge English Corpus During the war, managerial demands upon thejobberincreased both to drive workers harder and to reconcile them to falling real wages. From theCambridge English Corpus These agents, in turn, sought out clients and followers in the mills largely with the assistance of the jobbers. From theCambridge English Corpus As the jobbers were subjected to greater pressure by their rivals and their clients in the neighbourhood, they were rendered more vulnerable in the workplace. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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