Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

retailer

/ˈɹiteɪlɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.75 in modern English

Syllables: re-tail-er
IPA: /ˈɹiteɪlɚ/

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A retail sales company or salesman.

Example Sentences

"Your market gardener is not a well-breeched man, dependant as he is on the imponderables of glut, the inequities of distribution, and the greeds of wholesaler and retailer."
"Among Baum’s many incarnations were these: military school student, actor, poultry expert, newspaperman, retailer, window dresser, women’s rights advocate, racist denigrator of American Indians and early Hollywood filmmaker."
"Publishers typically sell hardcover books to retailers at half the list price, while retailers set consumer prices."

Etymology

Etymology tree English retail Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English retailer From retail + -er.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɹiteɪlɚ/

Inflected Forms

retailers (plural)

Derived Forms

megaretailer nonretailer

Phrases

e-retailer e-tailer

Frequently Paired Words

retail wholesaler

Synonyms

retail merchant

Questions

How do you pronounce retailer?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹiteɪlɚ/.
What does retailer mean?: A retail sales company or salesman.
Where does retailer come from?: Etymology tree English retail Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English retailer From retail + -er.

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