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job lot

noun

Definition of job lotnext
as in supply

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Recent Examples of job lot Of course, there’s more to it than simply getting a nod from over half a dozen nations to order a job lot of whirlybirds. — David Szondy february 24, New Atlas, 24 Feb. 2026 Where some other towns operating similar schemes have put together a job lot of houses for €1, Castiglione di Sicilia is pricing the properties according to their condition. — Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 25 Apr. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for job lot
  1. supply
  2. stock
  3. inventory
  4. stuff
  5. merchandise
  6. commodity
  7. goods
Noun
  • The last of Lila and Amisha’s henchmen has fled with the remaining supply of poison aerosol, intending to detonate it, on Amisha’s orders, at a nightclub.
    — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026
  • This could be because Tokyo has been replacing oil imports from the Middle East with American supplies, but paying a premium for them, Marcel Theliant, head of Asia-Pacific at Capital Economics, wrote in a note after the data release.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of supply
Noun
  • Today the stock still trades roughly 75% below its IPO price.
    — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The outreach was initiated because Saudi Arabia’s main ally and arms supplier, the United States, has seen its own stock of interceptors dwindle over the course of a six-month war with Iran, one official said.
    — Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of stock
Noun
  • The Skypod robots move through the storage structure to retrieve inventory and bring it to operators at the picking stations, replacing much of the walking associated with traditional warehouse picking.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The Question Boards Should Keep Asking Technology will continue to change, which means today’s inventory of AI applications will inevitably become outdated.
    — Simone Grimes, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of inventory
Noun
  • Especially younger voters need to learn why capitalism is better than socialism and why promises of free stuff by the left will come at a huge cost.
    — Cal Thomas, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2026
  • This is the stuff that keeps my, and many, many others employed.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of stuff
Noun
  • The company noted that not only did summer revenue hit an all-time high, but so did its concession, merchandise and food and beverage sales.
    — Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Raffles, silent and live auctions, merchandise sales, towers in light display, Maryland’s 9/11 Rolling Memorial, 9/11 artifacts will be on display.
    — The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Sun, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of merchandise
Noun
  • When utility becomes a commodity, experience becomes the moat.
    — Michal Rahamim, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • But years on, their ADRs still track gold and chemical prices, not business fundamentals — proxies for commodities, not endorsements of the companies themselves.
    — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of commodity
Noun
  • Economists have warned that companies could pass on higher costs for diesel — the fuel type largely used by truckers to transport groceries and other goods — to consumers in the form of price hikes.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Some goods might meet A stock requirements and return to a retail shelf.
    — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of goods

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“Job lot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/job%20lot. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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