free on boardadj. & adv. Abbr. FOB Without charge to the purchaser for delivery on board or into a carrier at a specified point or location.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.free on board adj (Commerce) (of a shipment of goods) delivered on board ship or other carrier without charge to the buyer. Abbreviation: FOB or f.o.b Compare free alongside ship Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014fob1 (f?b) n. 1. a watch pocket just below the waistline in trousers. 2. a short chain or ribbon, usu. with a medallion or similar ornament, attached to a watch and worn hanging from a pocket. 3. the medallion or ornament itself. [1645?55; orig. uncertain; compare dial. German Fuppe pocket] fob2 (f?b) v.t. fobbed, fob?bing. 1. Archaic. to cheat; deceive. 2. fob off, a. to induce someone to take (something inferior); palm off. b. to put (someone) off by deception or trickery: She fobbed us off with phony excuses. [1350?1400; Middle English; akin to German foppen to delude; compare fob1] fob or f.o.b. or FOB or F.O.B., free on board: without charge to the buyer for goods placed on board a carrier at the point of shipment. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.