retailing
小売業
解説 Definition
retailing は retail（小売する）の動名詞・現在分詞で、名詞では小売業という意味です。商品を消費者に直接売る事業や活動について使われます。
The business or activity of selling goods or services directly to individual consumers, especially through shops or online stores. It contrasts with wholesaling, in which goods are generally sold in quantity to other businesses.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
動詞 retail に -ing をそのまま付けた形で、名詞では商品を消費者へ直接売る「小売業・小売活動」です。online retailing、food retailing のように分野を前に置く用法を覚えます。wholesaling が業者へ大量に売る「卸売業」なのに対し、retailing は店やサイトから最終消費者へ売る点が核心です。
“Retailing” is formed by adding “-ing” directly to the verb “retail,” with no spelling change. As a noun, it names the business activity of selling directly to the final customer. Picture a shop or website offering individual products to shoppers, and remember common combinations such as “online retailing,” “food retailing,” and “fashion retailing.” Contrast it with “wholesaling,” which usually means selling larger quantities to retailers or other businesses rather than to the people who will use the products.
例文
Online retailing has changed how many people shop.
オンライン小売業は多くの人の買い物の仕方を変えました。
She studied retailing before opening her store.
彼女は店を開く前に小売業について学びました。
The report explains new trends in food retailing.
その報告書は食品小売業の新しい傾向を説明しています。
retailing の類義語・関連語
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retailing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
retailing は retail「小売りする」からで、語源は古フランス語 retaillier「切り分ける」です。re-「再び」+ taillier「切る」から成り、大きな単位を細かく切って売る発想がそのまま『小売業』につながります。関連語は detail, tailor。
“Retailing” is formed from “retail” plus “-ing.” “Retail” entered English through Old French “retaillier,” meaning to cut off or divide, built from “re-” and “taillier,” “to cut.” The commercial meaning arose from dividing a larger quantity into smaller portions for individual sale. Thus, retailing came to denote selling goods in units directly to consumers.
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