discounter

Thân thiện

A family shops for groceries at a local discounter.

Definition

Noun: 1. A retail store or sales outlet that sells goods at prices lower than the usual market price: A discounter operates by offering products, often in a no-frills environment, at reduced costs to consumers.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • We bought all our office supplies from a large online discounter.
  • The rise of the discounter has changed the grocery shopping habits of many families.
  • This discounter specializes in selling last season's fashion at heavily reduced prices.

Advanced Usage

• Industry Term: In economics and retail, a "discounter" is a specific business model focused on low prices, high volume, and reduced service costs, often contrasted with full-service retailers.
  • The market analysis compared the profit margins of traditional supermarkets with those of the new discounter.

Variants and Related Words

• Discount (verb/noun): The act of reducing the price, or the amount by which a price is reduced.
  • The store will discount all winter coats by 50%.
• Discount Store (noun phrase): A synonym for "discounter," explicitly describing the type of retail outlet.
  • She prefers shopping at a discount store to save money.

Synonyms

• Bargain store
• Cut-price store
• Budget retailer

Related Phrases

• Deep discounter: A store that offers exceptionally low prices, often on a very limited range of goods.
  • That deep discounter only sells about 1,000 different items, all at rock-bottom prices.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a sales outlet offering goods at a discounted price

Từ đồng nghĩa

• discount house
• discount store
• wholesale house