a small pocket in the front of a pair of trousers, for carrying a watch, etc.; watch pocket
2. US
a short ribbon or chain attached to a watch and hanging out of such a pocket
3. US
any ornament worn at the end of such a ribbon or chain
Word origin
prob. < dial. Ger fuppe, a pocket
fob in American English2
(fɑb)
verb transitiveWord forms: fobbed or ˈfobbing
Obsolete
to cheat; trick; deceive
Idioms:
fob off
Word origin
< ME fobben, to cheat, trick, prob. akin to Ger foppen, orig. a cant term
FOB in Retail
(ɛf oʊ bi) or freight on board
abbreviation
(Retail: Distribution)
FOB is a shipping term used to indicate whether it is the seller or buyer who is responsible for paying for shipping or carrier costs, and when ownership of the goods transfers from one to the other.
Selling goods on an FOB basis enables the seller to get paid more quickly as their responsibility ends oncecargo is loaded onto ship or aircraft.
FOB indicates that the seller provides transportation from the factory to trucks or railcars,after which the buyer pays all the carrier charges.
FOB is a shipping term used to indicate whether it is the seller or buyer who is responsiblefor paying for shipping or carrier costs, and when ownership of the goods transfersfrom one to the other.
Examples of 'fob' in a sentence
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But it would seem that he was just fobbed off.
The Sun (2011)
The voice of a man who wore a fob watch.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
His fob watch is by my desk.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He asked the robber to let him keep the seal from his fob watch.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
This allows it access to the codes needed to program a blank key fob that is held close to the device.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Enter the electronic key fob finder.
The Sun (2012)
This tells doctors you won't be fobbed off.
The Sun (2010)
They're just trying to fob people off.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The campaigners won't be fobbed off and ignored.
The Sun (2012)
Reports also claim that is discovered the scent on the vehicle's key fob.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He was probably just trying to fob off the Americans.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
There's a camera that looks like a fob watch.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Then he serves mock turtle soup, made by dissolving a fob watch.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The fob watch was jettisoned in the 1930s.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The vehicle's computer or the person holding down the button on the key fob that helps park it?
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The car's computer is then instructed to program the chip in a blank fob held close to the gadget.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
People are just fobbed off.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
I've called the agency lots but just get fobbed off.
The Sun (2009)
She said: 'It is like they just want to fob us off.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
This is not a teenage problem, and we won't be fobbed off with antibiotic temporary fixes any longer.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The driver can keep the car's key fob in a pocket, his approach to the car being sufficient to unlock its doors.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Drivers are identified by a personalised electronic key fob, and if anyone drives the car without a fob,text and email alerts to the owner are triggered.