retailer

CEFRB2

/ˈɹiteɪlɚ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person or business that sells goods directly to customers.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A retail sales company or salesman.

Examples

  • Marks & Spencers is a well-known British retailer.

  • Walmart is a dominant retailer in the United States.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Deep Dive

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In context
  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Publishers typically sell hardcover books to retailers at half the list price, while retailers set consumer prices.

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Origin

noun

From retail + -er.