FOB
pronunciation
How to pronounce FOB in British English:
UK [fɒb]
How to pronounce FOB in American English:
US [fɑb]
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- Noun:
- a vest pocket to hold a pocket watch
- an adornment that hangs from a watch chain
- short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's vest
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- Verb:
- deceive somebody
Word Origin
- fob (n.)
- 1650s, "men's small waist pocket for valuables," of uncertain origin, probably related to Low German fobke "pocket," High German fuppe "pocket," "a dialectal word used in Livonia" [Klein]. Meaning "chain or ornament attached to a watch carried in the fob" is by 1888, shortened from fob chain.
- fob (v.)
- "to cheat," late 14c., from obsolete noun fobbe "cheat, trickster" (late 14c.), which perhaps is from Old French forbeter "to deceive, trick, dupe." Alternative etymology holds that the word is perhaps related to German foppen "to jeer at, make a fool of" (see fop); or from German fuppen, einfuppen "to pocket stealthily," which would connect it to fob (n.). Meaning "to put or shift off (something) by pretense" is from 1650s; to fob (someone) off "put him off deceitfully" is from 1590s. Related: Fobbed; fobbing.
Example
- 1. I couldn 't fob her off any more .
- 2. The export and import of goods are calculated at fob .
- 3. Whether the goods under fob shall bear liability for loss ?
- 4. They are all fob prices on east port .
- 5. They are all fob price on east port .