mậu dịch viên

Mẹ tôi từng là một mậu dịch viên ở cửa hàng mậu dịch.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Salesperson in a state-owned store: A historical term referring to a clerk or salesperson working in a state-run commercial establishment or cooperative under a centrally planned economy.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Mẹ tôi từng là một mậu dịch viên ở cửa hàng mậu dịch. (My mother was once a salesperson at a state-owned store.)
  • Các mậu dịch viên phân phối hàng hóa theo tem phiếu. (The state salesclerks distributed goods using ration coupons.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is strongly associated with the period of subsidy economics in Vietnam prior to the Đổi Mới (Renovation) reforms. It implies a specific, formalized role within a system of rationed goods.

Variants and Related Words

• Nhân viên bán hàng (n): salesperson, salesclerk. This is the modern, general term.

  • Cô ấy làm nhân viên bán hàng tại một siêu thị. (She works as a salesclerk at a supermarket.)

• Cửa hàng mậu dịch (n): state-owned store, state-run cooperative store.

  • Ngày xưa, mọi người mua đồ ở cửa hàng mậu dịch. (In the past, people bought things at the state-owned store.)

Synonyms

• State salesclerk
• State shop assistant
• Cooperative store clerk

Related Concepts

• Kinh tế bao cấp: Subsidy economy, the period of central planning where the term was commonly used.
• Tem phiếu: Ration coupons, which were used by to control the sale of goods.