販売代理店
解説 Definition
distributors は distributor（販売代理店、流通業者）の複数形です。メーカーから商品を仕入れ、小売店や他の企業、顧客に供給する会社や人を指します。
Distributors are companies or people that obtain products from manufacturers and supply them to retailers, other businesses, or customers. They commonly handle sales, storage, transportation, or regional market access for more than one destination.
使い方 Usage
- work with local distributors で「地元の販売代理店と取引する」。販売や供給で協力する相手を表せます。 Work with local distributors describes a business relationship with local companies that help sell or supply products.
使い分け Common distinctions
- manufacturer は製造者、retailer は主に消費者へ売る小売業者です。distributor はメーカーの商品を店や顧客へ供給します。 A manufacturer makes products; a retailer usually sells them to final consumers. A distributor obtains manufacturers' products and supplies them to stores or customers.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
distribute「配る」と結び付け、メーカーの商品を多くの店へ届ける会社を思い浮かべましょう。distributor に複数語尾 -s を付けた形で、語尾は /z/ と発音します。
Link distributors with distribute, “to deliver to different places.” Picture companies carrying a manufacturer's goods to many stores. Distributors is the plural of distributor, with the final -s pronounced /z/.
例文
The company works with local distributors.
その会社は地元の販売代理店と取引しています。
Distributors deliver the products to many stores.
販売代理店は商品を多くの店に届けます。
distributors の類義語・関連語
類義語
紛らわしい語
distributors の語源・成り立ち Etymology
distributors は distribute「配る」＋ -or「する人」＋ -s。distribute はラテン語 distribuere に由来し、dis-「離して」＋ tribuere「割り当てる」から成ります。つまり「各所へ分けて渡す人たち」で、販売代理店の意味に自然につながります。関連語は contribute, attribute。
Distributors is the plural of distributor, formed from distribute, the agent suffix -or, and plural -s. Distribute comes from Latin distribuere, combining dis-, “apart,” with tribuere, “to assign or allot.” A distributor was therefore one who divided or handed things out. In commercial use, the word came to denote a person or company responsible for moving products through different areas or sales channels.
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