job lot


noun

a large, often assorted quantity of goods sold or handled as a single transaction.
a miscellaneous quantity; a quantity of odds and ends.

Origin of job lot

First recorded in 1850–55

Example sentences from the Web for job lot

  • His whole soul rose in arms against agreeing with that ill-bred little cur, and the rest of this job-lot.

    Five Tales |John Galsworthy
  • Parties desiring to buy a job-lot of garden tools, will do well to call and examine my stock.

    Remarks |Bill Nye

British Dictionary definitions for job lot

job lot

noun

a miscellaneous collection of articles sold as a lot
a collection of cheap or trivial items