jobber

Noun

 * 1)   One who works by the job (i.e. paid per individual piece of work) and/or recruits other people for such work.
 * 2)  An actor temporarily employed for a specific role, often in a touring company.
 * 3)  A promoter or broker of stocks for investment.
 * An act to restrain the number and ill practice of brokers and stock jobbers: 8 & 9 Wm. 3, ch. 32 (1697) [legislation of English parliament
 * 1) An intermediary who buys and sells merchandise.
 * 2)  A type of intermediary in the apparel industry, as well as others, who buys excess merchandise from brand owners and manufacturers, and sells to retailers at prices that are 20-70% below wholesale.
 * 3)  A market maker on the stock exchange; a stockjobber.
 * 4)  A performer whose primary role is to lose to established talent.
 * 5)  A thing.
 * An act to restrain the number and ill practice of brokers and stock jobbers: 8 & 9 Wm. 3, ch. 32 (1697) [legislation of English parliament
 * 1) An intermediary who buys and sells merchandise.
 * 2)  A type of intermediary in the apparel industry, as well as others, who buys excess merchandise from brand owners and manufacturers, and sells to retailers at prices that are 20-70% below wholesale.
 * 3)  A market maker on the stock exchange; a stockjobber.
 * 4)  A performer whose primary role is to lose to established talent.
 * 5)  A thing.
 * 1)  A type of intermediary in the apparel industry, as well as others, who buys excess merchandise from brand owners and manufacturers, and sells to retailers at prices that are 20-70% below wholesale.
 * 2)  A market maker on the stock exchange; a stockjobber.
 * 3)  A performer whose primary role is to lose to established talent.
 * 4)  A thing.
 * 1)  A thing.

Usage notes
Because of the negative connotations of the word jobber, the sense of "intermediary in the apparel industry" has been superseded by the more politically-correct term off-price specialist.

Noun

 * , speculator