(1) The new collectors, some of whom have become billionaires many times over through their business nous, are reduced to jibbering gratitude by their art dealer or art adviser, who can help them appear refined, tasteful and hip, surrounded by their achingly cool masterpieces.
Jobber
Definition:
(n.) One who works by the job.
(n.) A dealer in the public stocks or funds; a stockjobber.
(n.) One who buys goods from importers, wholesalers, or manufacturers, and sells to retailers.
(n.) One who turns official or public business to private advantage; hence, one who performs low or mercenary work in office, politics, or intrigue.
Example Sentences:
(1) The amounts being spent are eye-popping, and enough to sustain a huge array of contractors and political jobbers,” said Antony Goldman, head of Nigeria-focused PM Consulting .
(2) In a report last month, the TUC noted that pensioners, part-time workers and "odd-jobbers" were the fastest-growing groups among the new self-employed workforce.
(3) First, between market jobbers ("the people making the price, like bookies at a race course") and stockbrokers ("who go round trying to get the best price"), and second, between commercial and investment banks, both of which were kept separate for decades, but collapsed into one with the "Big Bang" of 1986.
(4) All this has been boiled down to talk about a new crop of "odd-jobbers" – but there's something more important going on, so far undocumented in official statistics: the accelerated conversion of proper jobs into a mess of "self-employment" that's completely fraudulent.