newsvendor

IPA/ˈnjuːzˌven.dər/
IPA/ˈnuːzˌven.dɚ/

newsvendor — noun

  • newsvendorsingular
  • newsvendorsplural

1. a person, often working from a small street stall or kiosk, whose job is to sell

1.名詞C1
釋義

a person, often working from a small street stall or kiosk, whose job is to sell newspapers and magazines to people passing by.

例句

Every morning Felipe buys his paper from the same newsvendor outside Waterloo station.

collocation: buy [paper] from a/the newsvendor

The old newsvendor on the corner has sold papers in this neighbourhood for forty years.

typical pattern: [adj] newsvendor + on/at [location]

同義詞
  • news vendor

    two-word form, more common in American English

  • newsdealer

    American English equivalent

  • newsagent

    British, but usually refers to the shop owner, not a street seller

  • paperboy

    informal; specifically a young person who delivers papers door to door

文法句型

a newsvendor + verb

from a/the newsvendor

用法筆記

Chiefly British; American English typically uses 'newsdealer' or 'news vendor' (two words). Often refers specifically to a street vendor working from a stall or kiosk rather than a shop assistant.

常見錯誤

❌I work as a newsvendor in a supermarket.
✅I work as a cashier in a supermarket.
💡a newsvendor specifically sells newspapers, usually from a street stall.
❌She bought a newsvendor at the corner.
✅She bought a paper from the newsvendor at the corner.
💡you buy newspapers FROM a newsvendor, not the vendor itself.