Retailer Meaning
/ˈɹiteɪlɚ/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA retail sales company or salesman.
Sentence Examples
Marks & Spencers is a well-known British retailer.
Walmart is a dominant retailer in the United States.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The local ____ imports goods from abroad and sells them to residents.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The online ____ offered free delivery on all orders over a certain value to attract new customers.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English retail Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English retailer From retail + -er.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Your market gardener is not a well-breeched man, dependant as he is on the imponderables of glut, the inequities of distribution, and the greeds of wholesaler and retailer."
— 1954, Thomas Firbank, Log Hut, page 194:
"Among Baum’s many incarnations were these: military school student, actor, poultry expert, newspaperman, retailer, window dresser, women’s rights advocate, racist denigrator of American Indians and early Hollywood filmmaker."
— 2009 August 24, Janet Maslin, “Scarecrow, Lion, Tin Man and Freud, Too”, in The New York Times:
"Publishers typically sell hardcover books to retailers at half the list price, while retailers set consumer prices."
— 2009 October 20, Motoko Rich, “In Book-Pricing Battle, How Low Can They Go?”, in The New York Times, retrieved 23 Oct 2011:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The local ____ imports goods from abroad and sells them to residents.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The online ____ offered free delivery on all orders over a certain value to attract new customers.