retailer
/ˈriːteɪlə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈriːteɪlər/ (ame, ipa) · /-lə(r)/ (ame, mw)
retailer — 名詞
- retailersingular
- retailersplural
1. a company, store, or person that buys products from manufacturers or wholesalers
零售商
直接向消費者賣商品的商家
a company, store, or person that buys products from manufacturers or wholesalers and sells them in small quantities to individual customers, rather than to other businesses
The local retailer Otis closed his hardware store after forty-two years.
當地零售商 Otis 經營了四十二年後，關閉了他的五金店。
collocation: local retailer
Nia compared prices across several online retailers before buying the sofa.
Nia 在購買沙發前，比較了好幾家線上零售商的價格。
Large retailers can negotiate better deals with suppliers than small shops can.
大型零售商比小型商店更能與供應商談到更好的價格。
The retailer's return policy requires customers to keep the original packaging.
該零售商的退貨政策要求顧客保留原始包裝。
After graduating, Apinya found a job at a well-known fashion retailer.
畢業後，Apinya 在一家知名的時尚零售商找到工作。
- merchant
more traditional term, often for a person who trades in a specific type of goods (wine merchant, coal merchant)
- dealer
used for specific product categories such as cars, art, or antiques; suggests a more specialised trade
- seller
broader and more generic; can refer to any person or platform that sells, including one-off or casual sales
- vendor
often used for stalls, markets, or vending machines; can also mean the seller in a formal business transaction
- wholesaler
sells goods in large quantities to other businesses, not to the general public
文法句型
retailer + of + [type of goods]
[adjective] + retailer
the + retailer + 's + [policy / store / network]
用法筆記
Countable noun. Contrast with 'wholesaler' — a retailer sells to individual end customers, while a wholesaler sells large quantities to businesses or other retailers.