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fob

1  [fob]
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–noun
1. a small pocket just below the waistline in trousers for a watch, keys, change, etc. Compare watch pocket.
2. a short chain or ribbon, usually with a medallion or similar ornament, attached to a watch and worn hanging from a pocket.
3. the medallion or ornament itself.
Origin:
1645–55; orig. uncert.; cf. G dial. Fuppe pocket
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2  [fob]
–verb (used with object), fobbed, fob⋅bing.
1. Archaic. to cheat; deceive.
—Verb phrase
2. fob off,
a. to cheat someone by substituting something spurious or inferior; palm off (often fol. by on): He tried to fob off an inferior brand on us.
b. to put (someone) off by deception or trickery: She fobbed us off with false promises.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME fobben; c. G foppen to delude; cf. fob 1

f.o.b.

 
Commerce.
free on board: without charge to the buyer for goods placed on board a carrier at the point of shipment: automobiles shipped f.o.b. Detroit.
Also, F.O.B.
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fob 1   (fŏb)   
n.  

  1. A small pocket at the front waistline of a man's trousers or in the front of a vest, used especially to hold a watch.

    1. A short chain or ribbon attached to a pocket watch and worn hanging in front of the vest or waist.

    2. An ornament or seal attached to such a chain or ribbon.


[Probably akin to Low German Fobke, small pocket.]
fob 2   (fŏb)   
tr.v.   fobbed, fob·bing, fobs Archaic
To cheat or deceive (another).
Phrasal Verb(s):
fob off

  1. To dispose of (goods) by fraud or deception; palm off: fobbed off the zircon as a diamond.

  2. To put off or appease by deceitful or evasive means: needed help but was fobbed off with promises.


[Middle English fobben, probably from fob, trickster.]
FOB  
abbr.  free on board
free on board  
adj.   & adv. Abbr. FOB
Without charge to the purchaser for delivery on board or into a carrier at a specified point or location.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
FOB

  1. mod.
    fresh off the boat; as gullible and trusting as a new immigrant. (Initialism. A play on the initials of Free on Board.) : Where did you get those FOB shoes? Blue suede is back?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

fob  (n.)
1653, "small pocket for valuables," probably related to Low Ger. fobke "pocket," High Ger. fuppe "pocket." Meaning "chain attached to a watch carried in the fob" is from 1885.

fob  (v.)
"to cheat," 1583, from obsolete noun fobbe "cheat, trickster" (1393), perhaps from O.Fr. forbe "cheat." Alternative etymology holds that the word is perhaps related to Ger. foppen "to jeer at, make a fool of" (see fop); or from Ger. fuppen, einfuppen "to pocket stealthily," which would connect it to fob (n.). To fob (someone) off is first recorded 1597.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

FOB

See free on board.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: F.O.B.
Function: abbreviation
free on board
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
FOB

  1. father of the bride

  2. foreign body

The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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