🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

abastecimiento al por mayor

Pronunciation / Transliteration: abastecimˈiento al por mayˈor

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Wholesale Procurement/ˈhoʊl.seɪl ˈprɒk.jʊəˈmɛn.t/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El departamento gestiona el abastecimiento al por mayor de manera centralizada."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The business process of acquiring goods in large quantities at lower unit prices, typically directly from manufacturers or primary distributors for commercial resale.

    "The retail chain streamlined its supply chain by centralizing its wholesale procurement operations."
  2. 2

    The institutional acquisition of supplies, raw materials, or equipment in bulk to support large-scale enterprise or governmental operations.

    "Government agencies rely on wholesale procurement to secure medical supplies efficiently."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'wholesale' (derived from Middle English 'whole' and Old English 'sāla', meaning sale in large quantities) with 'procurement' (from Latin 'procuremantum', meaning the act of obtaining or managing). It evolved through commercial terminology to describe large-scale business purchasing for resale or operational use.

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🇫🇷French → English

achat en gros

Transliteration: a-sha ɑ̃ ɡro

"L'entreprise gère son approvisionnement en gros de manière efficace."

🇩🇪German → English

Großhandelshäufung

Transliteration: ɡroːsˌhandəlsbɪʃafʊŋ

Script: Großbeschaffung

"Die Großbeschaffung senkt die Kosten für das Unternehmen erheblich."

🇮🇹Italian → English

approvvigionamento all'ingrosso

Transliteration: appruvviʒonaˈmento allinˈɡrosso

"L'azienda si affida all'approvvigionamento all'ingrosso per i suoi negozi."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

abastecimiento al por mayor

Transliteration: abastecimˈiento al por mayˈor

"El departamento gestiona el abastecimiento al por mayor de manera centralizada."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

aquisição por atacado

Transliteration: akwiziˈsɐ̃w puɾ ataˈkadu

"A aquisição por atacado reduziu os custos operacionais da rede."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

थोक खरीद

Transliteration: thok khareed

"कंपनी ने अपने व्यावसायिक संचालन के लिए थोक खरीद बढ़ाई है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

批发采购

Transliteration: pīfā cǎigòu

"这家零售商通过批发采购降低了成本。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

도매 조달

Transliteration: domae jodal

"우리 회사는 효율적인 도매 조달 시스템을 갖추고 있습니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

一括調達

Transliteration: ikkatsu chōtatsu

"企業はコスト削減のために一括調達を進めています。"

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