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jobbing

jobbing

7.4
Small printed items like cards or leaflets
  • noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : impresión comercial
  • Many local businesses rely on jobbing printers for their promotional materials like flyers and business cards.

Examples

  • "There are plenty of jobbing printers who will be glad of the work."

    Fiction book (1990)
  • She found a jobbing printer who could produce high-quality brochures at an affordable price.

  • It's like a print job, like a like a model.

  • The wedding invitations were printed by a small jobbing company that specializes in custom designs.

Synonyms

printing
vsjobbing
70 2.0

A business that makes and sells printed items like newspapers and flyers

is limited to small-scale commercial tasks and items rather than the whole industry
print shop
vsjobbing
9 2.8

A shop that makes posters, flyers and other paper copies for people

is about small-scale commercial work and the items rather than the premises
printing shop
vsjobbing
1 2.6

A shop that makes books, newspapers, or flyers

is concerned with small batch commercial orders and the items they produce
presswork
vsjobbing
  • Specialized
4.9

Printing text or pictures on paper with a large machine

focuses on small-scale commercial work and the items produced
printery
vsjobbing
  • Archaic
5.7

A business that puts writing and pictures on paper, like flyers and cards

focuses on the small commercial tasks and items rather than the business place
printworks
vsjobbing
  • UK
3.9

A factory that makes books, newspapers, and packaging

focuses on small-scale commercial orders and items rather than large industrial production

How Large

printworks
  • UK
3.9
jobbing
  • Archaic
7.4

Surface Forms

jobbing singular
jobbings plural

Morphology

jobbing = job (semi-transparent) = job + ing

The word is built from 'job' + '-ing', but the specialized printing sense is only partly predictable from the base meaning of a job or task.

Etymology

Jobbing comes from the word job, meaning a 'piece of work', and was used by printers for quick, small orders like cards or flyers. That's why jobbing refers to small-scale printing work or the printed items produced from those small jobs.