アウトレット
解説 Definition
outlets は outlet（アウトレット、販売店、はけ口）の複数形です。商品を売る店舗を指すことが多く、日本語の「アウトレット」と同じく割引店を指す場合もあります。
The plural form of outlet, referring here to shops or other places through which a company sells goods to customers. Some outlets sell discounted or previous-season products, but the word can also mean ordinary retail branches.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
単数形 outlet に複数の -s を付けた形で、語尾は /s/ ではなく /ts/ のまとまりになる。out「外へ」＋let「出すもの」という構造から、商品が市場へ出る「販売店・販路」を連想する。open two new outlets、retail outlets、factory outlets のように店舗を数える文脈で覚え、日本語の「割引店」だけに限定しない。
Outlets is the plural of outlet, formed by adding -s. Think of goods going “out” from a company through places where they are “let” into the market. This image connects the original idea of an exit with the commercial sense of a shop or sales channel. Learn useful combinations such as retail outlets, factory outlets, and open two new outlets. Japanese アウトレット often suggests a discount store, but English outlet can also mean an ordinary branch or place of sale. In these examples, the plural indicates several shops, not electrical sockets or emotional releases.
例文
There are many outlets near the station.
駅の近くには多くのアウトレット店があります。
These outlets sell last season's clothes.
これらのアウトレット店では昨シーズンの服を売っています。
The company opened two new outlets in the city.
その会社は市内に新しい販売店を2店開きました。
outlets の類義語・関連語
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outlets の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 ut（外へ）+ let（出口）の複合語 outlet の複数形。「外へ出す場所」が原義で、排水口・販路・直販店など多義に発展。outflow（流出）やoutput（出力）と同じ out- 接頭辞を共有する。
Outlets is the regular plural of outlet. Outlet combines out with let in the older sense of a place or means of letting something out. It first referred broadly to an exit or passage through which water, air, or other material could escape. The sense later expanded to a channel for expression, a market for goods, and a shop through which products are sold. The final -s marks more than one outlet.
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