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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

compra al por mayor

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kom-pra al por ma-yor

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Volume-purchasing/ˈvɒl.juːm ˌpɜː.tʃə.sɪŋ/
nounadjectiveCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #14500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La compra al por mayor reduce significativamente los costes."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The procurement of goods in large quantities, typically resulting in lower per-unit costs.

    "The company reduced its operating expenses significantly through aggressive volume-purchasing."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to or characterized by the buying of large quantities of goods at one time.

    "We qualify for a volume-purchasing discount because of our large annual order size."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'volume' (originating from Latin 'volumen', a roll of writing, later coming to mean an amount or quantity) and 'purchasing' (from Old French 'polsurchier', to chase after or acquire). The compound term emerged in twentieth-century commercial and retail terminology to describe the economic practice of buying goods in large quantities for discounts.

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