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grosser

grosser

7.4
A person who sells goods in large amounts to shops
  • noun
  • /ˈɡroʊsər/
  • Archaic
translation icon : mayorista
  • In the past, shopkeepers would visit the grosser to purchase goods for their stores.

Examples

  • The grosser offered discounts to customers who ordered large quantities of merchandise.

  • The restaurant bought bulk spices from the grosser to supply its busy kitchen.

  • The grosser supplied the store with fresh produce.

  • Many grossers are struggling due to supply chain issues.

  • The restaurant bought bulk spices from the grosser to supply its busy kitchen.

  • In the past, shopkeepers would visit the grosser to purchase goods for their stores.

  • The grosser offered discounts to customers who ordered large quantities of merchandise.

Synonyms

distributor
vsgrosser
74 3.5

A company that supplies products to shops and businesses

focuses more on direct large-quantity sales to retailers than broad intermediary work
purveyor
vsgrosser
23 6.7

A person or company that supplies food to shops and restaurants

is specifically a bulk seller to retailers rather than a general food supplier
wholesaler
vsgrosser
22 3.5

A person or company that buys goods in large amounts from makers and sells them to shops

is the same role, stressing sales in large quantities to retailers
middleman
vsgrosser
14 3.4

A person or company that buys large amounts of goods and sells them to shops

acts as a direct wholesale seller to retailers rather than mainly brokering deals
reseller
vsgrosser
12 3.7

A person or business that buys goods to sell to others for profit

focuses on selling large quantities to retailers rather than varied resale practices
jobber
vsgrosser
  • Jargon
1 7.8

A person or company that buys large amounts of goods to sell to shops

covers the same wholesale selling but not only from producers or importers
wholesale house
vsgrosser
3.6

A business that sells goods in large amounts to shops and other businesses at low prices

is the general dealer who sells in large quantities rather than to consumers
distributer
vsgrosser
  • US
3.4

A company or person that supplies goods to shops and businesses

is the seller of large quantities mainly aimed at retailers rather than end users

Antonyms

205 2.4

A shop or company that sells goods to people for home use

How Big

merchant
203 2.1
grosser
  • Archaic
7.4
distributor
74 3.5
retailer
205 2.4

Surface Forms

grosser singular
grossers plural

Morphology

grosser = gross (semi-transparent) = gross + er

The agentive suffix '-er' is clear, but the relevant sense of 'gross' meaning 'in bulk' or 'wholesale' is specialized and not the most familiar modern meaning.

Etymology

Grosser meaning a wholesaler comes from old words for 'bulk' or 'large', the same root as gross. A grosser is someone who sells goods in large amounts to shops rather than to individual customers.