Definition

1. Verb:
   • To trade in whole contingents of goods, to trade by wholesale: "buôn cất" refers to the commercial activity of buying and selling goods in large quantities, typically as a wholesaler who purchases directly from producers or importers and sells to retailers, not directly to consumers.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Ông ấy chuyên buôn cất hàng điện tử từ Hàn Quốc. (He specializes in wholesaling electronics from Korea.)
  • Công ty của họ không bán lẻ, họ chỉ buôn cất số lượng lớn. (Their company doesn't do retail; they only wholesale in large quantities.)

Advanced Usage

• "kinh doanh buôn cất": to operate a wholesale business.
  • Mô hình kinh doanh buôn cất đòi hỏi vốn lớn nhưng lợi nhuận ổn định. (The wholesale business model requires large capital but offers stable profits.)

Variants and Related Words

• Buôn bán (v): to trade, to do business (a more general term for buying and selling).
• Bán buôn (v/n): to wholesale / wholesale trade (a more common modern synonym for "buôn cất").
• Nhà buôn cất (n): wholesaler, merchant who trades wholesale.
  • Các nhà buôn cất đang gặp khó khăn về logistics. (The wholesalers are facing logistics difficulties.)

Synonyms

• Bán sỉ: to sell wholesale.
• Kinh doanh hàng loạt: to trade in bulk.

Related Phrases

• Buôn cất hàng hóa: to wholesale merchandise/goods.
  • Khu chợ này tập trung vào việc buôn cất hàng hóa nông sản. (This market focuses on wholesaling agricultural products.)

Related Idioms

(This specific commercial term is not commonly used in idiomatic expressions.)

1. Trade in whole contingents of goods, trade by wholesale