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# retailer

«retailer» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person or business that sells goods to the public, such…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a retailer, retailers)

### meaning for a pupil

A person or business that sells goods to the public, such as a shop, supermarket or online store. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retailer/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In maths and money lessons the retailer buys from a wholesaler or factory and adds a profit when selling. In everyday life big retailers include supermarkets and department stores; small retailers are corner shops. Phrases: «online retailer», «major retailer», «available from all good retailers».

### examples

- The retailer buys a book for $6 and sells it for $10. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retailer/#x1)
- Supermarkets are big food retailers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retailer/#x2)
- This toy is available from all good retailers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retailer/#x3)
- The online retailer sent my parcel quickly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retailer/#x4)
- Small retailers sell fewer things than big chains. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retailer/#x5)
- The retailer had a sale with 25% off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retailer/#x6)

### note

Countable: retailers. Chain: factory → wholesaler → retailer → customer. Retailer's profit = selling price − cost price.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «retailer» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retailer/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.