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Spell Bee Word: retailer


Basic Details

Word: Retailer

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: A shop or business that sells goods in small amounts straight to the people who will use them.

Synonyms: shopkeeper, dealer, seller

How to Spell Retailer

Syllables: re - tail - er

Tricky part: The middle is tail with ai, not tel or teil. The ending is er, though some students write or as in actor.

Watch out for: retaler, reteiler, retailar

Memory tip: Retail comes from an old French verb meaning to cut off a piece. A retailer cuts a big stock into small pieces for you, so spell it re + tail + er.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The retailer near our colony gets fresh mangoes from Ratnagiri every April.

Example 2: Online retailers often give big discounts during the festival season.

Example 3: My uncle is a cloth retailer in Surat and knows every kind of silk by touch.

Fun Fact

Retailers usually buy goods in bulk from wholesalers and sell them one by one. The extra amount they add to the price is called their margin.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

r_t_iler

a) e, e
b) a, e
c) i, a
d) e, a

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d) e, a. The word opens with the prefix re, and tail keeps its ai.

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that completes the word:

retail

a) er
b) ar
c) or
d) ur

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a) er. Like teacher and painter, the one who retails simply takes er.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: retailer

a) wholesaler
b) customer
c) manufacturer
d) shopkeeper

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d) shopkeeper. A shopkeeper sells things to the public, which is exactly what a retailer does.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A retailer usually sells goods to ____.

a) ships that carry them
b) factories that make them
c) farmers who grow them
d) people who will use them

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d) people who will use them

2. Which of these is a retailer?

a) a wheat farmer
b) a car factory
c) a railway engine
d) a corner grocery shop

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d) a corner grocery shop

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