e-tailer

noun

as in retailer

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Recent Examples of e-tailer Net-a-Porter deliveries are set to face delays as 100 workers at the luxury womenswear e-tailer’s southeast London distribution center prepare to walk out for two days starting Wednesday. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 20 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for e-tailer
  1. retailer
  2. wholesaler
  3. distributor
  4. reseller
  5. discounter
  6. seller
  7. vendor
  8. exporter
Noun
  • Ukraine also launched another attack on the premises of Wildberries, Russia’s biggest online retailer, which Kyiv says helps supply the Russian military.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Its own store gives DeMellier control over a part of the customer relationship previously handed to other retailers, while putting it physically alongside businesses charging multiples of its prices.
    — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of retailer
Noun
  • As Taylor Farms deals with the fallout from the cyclospora outbreak, the California vegetable wholesaler had to issue a recall of food products with jalapeño peppers from Walmart, Kroger, Target and other large chains.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The mortgage wholesaler sent a letter dated July 16 to the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees Fannie and Freddie, urging the agency to modify or postpone the changes.
    — Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of wholesaler
Noun
  • Compliant Technologies’ Oklahoma distributor, Justin Morris, said at the time the way the technology is used isn’t capable of causing injury.
    — Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The independent company was initially known as the nontheatrical partner of Open Road Films, the specialty distributor behind best picture winner Spotlight that declared bankruptcy in 2018.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of distributor
Noun
  • The City of Pittsburgh requires an annual ticket-reseller license for anyone reselling tickets connected to events at PNC Park, PPG Paints Arena or Acrisure Stadium, still referred to as Heinz Field in the city code.
    — Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2026
  • While the manufacturers refused to communicate, an unnamed reseller of the devices did respond and claims to be assisting with the ongoing investigation.
    — Justyn Newman, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of reseller
Noun
  • Spirit, the pioneering discounter, permanently shut down operations on May 2 after failing to secure a federal government bailout.
    — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2026
  • Barneys New York ranks as one of retail’s greatest makeovers — transforming from a menswear discounter in the ’60s into a chic and irreverent enclave for luxury fashion.
    — David Moin, Footwear News, 11 June 2026
Definition of discounter
Noun
  • At least two San Francisco home listings seen by CNN this spring said the sellers would consider accepting shares of OpenAI or Anthropic as payment.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Hundreds of thousands of individual sellers have lost their merchandise, sending shock waves across Russia’s economy.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of seller
Noun
  • Cartmell, who worked with the vender who made the Costanza bobblehead, explained the multistep process.
    — Bruce Handy, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Needa Bee, a co-founder of the collective, said the group represents 89 vendors.
    — Da Lin, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of vendor
Noun
  • During the spring, the United States became the world’s largest oil exporter and briefly became a net exporter of crude oil for the first time since World War II.
    — Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Russia, the world's largest wheat exporter, and Ukraine, also a major agricultural exporter, have been attacking each other's export facilities and infrastructure in the Black Sea area in recent weeks, sending global wheat prices higher.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of exporter

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“E-tailer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/e-tailer. Accessed 18 Aug. 2026.

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