commission agent vs jobber

commission agent

noun
  • A merchant earning a commission by selling goods belonging to others. 

  • An agent entrusted with the possession of goods to be sold in the agent's name. 

  • A person entrusted with a confidential task, often secretly to place a bet. 

jobber

noun
  • An intermediary who buys and sells merchandise. 

  • 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. 

  • A performer whose primary role is to lose to established talent. 

  • A market maker on the stock exchange. 

  • A thing (often used in a vague way to refer to something the name of which one cannot recall). 

  • An actor temporarily employed for a specific role, often in a touring company. 

How often have the words commission agent and jobber occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )