RETAILER (retailer)

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Irregular inflected form: retailer   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does retailer mean? 

• RETAILER (noun)
  The noun RETAILER has 1 sense:

1. a merchant who sells goods at retail

  Familiarity information: RETAILER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RETAILER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A merchant who sells goods at retail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

retail merchant; retailer

Hypernyms ("retailer" is a kind of...):

distributer; distributor (someone who markets merchandise)

merchandiser; merchant (a businessperson engaged in retail trade)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "retailer"):

chandler (a retail dealer in provisions and supplies)

licensee (someone to whom a license is granted)

Derivation:

retail (sell on the retail market)

 Context examples 

Their wholesale price was six shillings, but the retailer would get twelve or more.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In America, we have Black Friday (November 29) and Cyber Monday (December 2) when retailers offer amazing bargains on electronics and other products.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

NOTE(S): In this sense, the retailer is a distributor as well, the last one.

(Distributor, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

This average amount of bisphenol A was more than 25 times higher than that found in the socks sold by the low-cost international retailer and the higher-quality international brand.

(Nine out of ten pairs of baby socks on the market contain traces of bisphenol A and parabens, University of Granada)

We have seen both the retailers and also the wholesale manufacturers.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

That happens to be Black Friday too, the day retailers offer great prices on all sorts of products, but especially electronics.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The three types were: local bargain retailer (three pairs for €1.50–€1.80); low-cost, fast-fashion international retailer (three pairs for €3.00–€4.50); and a higher-quality international retail clothing brand (three pairs for €6.95–€7.95).

(Nine out of ten pairs of baby socks on the market contain traces of bisphenol A and parabens, University of Granada)

Best of all, you will be able to take advantage of Black Friday (November 29) or Cyber Monday (December 2) when retailers lure customers with great prices.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

As was to be expected, given their high bisphenol A content and the presence of parabens, two out of every ten pairs of socks bought at the bargain retailer presented oestrogenic hormonal activity; and one out of every three ­­­­­pairs bought at the same outlet presented anti-androgenic activity in the biological tests conducted.

(Nine out of ten pairs of baby socks on the market contain traces of bisphenol A and parabens, University of Granada)

Retailers will be thrilled, too.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)