retail merchant
- noun
- /ˈriːteɪl ˈmɜːrʧənt/
:
comerciante minorista
- After researching various options, the retail merchant provided exactly what I needed for my project.
Examples
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The retail merchant offered discounts to attract more customers during the holiday season.
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She decided to visit the local retail merchant to purchase some unique handmade gifts.
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Certainly every retail merchant understands that.
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None of the cloths in Ukaegbu's shop is perfect, but in time he sells most of them to vendors in Aba's Ariaria and New Markets, who in turn sell them to retail merchants from all over the country.
Academic text (2006)
Synonyms
257
1.0
A person or company that offers goods for money
257
2.0
A person or company that sells things, for example at a market
205
2.4
A shop or company that sells goods to people for home use
203
2.1
A person or company that buys and sells goods, often in shops
31
1.9
A person who owns or runs a small store and sells goods to customers
29
1.0
A person who runs a shop that sells food and small things for the home
23
6.7
A person or company that supplies food to shops and restaurants
12
3.7
A person or business that buys goods to sell to others for profit
8
5.7
A person who travels to sell small goods in streets or markets
4
7.4
A person who sells goods in the street or at markets
4
3.3
A shop that sells everyday items at lower prices than usual
3
4.5
A person or company that buys and sells goods in shops
2
3.9
A person or business that buys and sells wine to customers
1
3.7
A person who runs a shop that sells goods or services
1
4.2
A person who sells goods at a market stall
1
6.1
A shop or company that has and sells goods of a particular brand
1
8.2
A person who sells fruit and vegetables from a street stall
1
3.2
A person or shop that buys and sells rings and necklaces
1
5.5
A person or shop that sells rugs like Persian carpets
A person or business that sells things directly to customers
A man who works in a shop and helps customers
A person who buys and sells goods in a shop or market
A person or company that buys, sells, and moves goods
A person who runs a market stall or shop and sells goods to customers
A person or business that buys and sells grains like wheat
A person who makes or sells salt as their main business
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person or company that sells goods to the public' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'retail' (selling to end consumers) with 'merchant' (a person or business engaged in commerce). This noun+noun composition follows a common compositional pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the phrase.
Etymology
Retail merchant comes from the word retail, which comes from an old French word meaning 'to cut' or 'to sell in small pieces', because sellers would divide goods to sell little by little, and merchant simply means a seller. So a retail merchant is a seller who sells small amounts directly to ordinary people rather than selling large amounts for resale.