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any member of a voluntary group of independent retailers, often using a common name or symbol, formed to obtain better prices from wholesalers or manufacturers in competition with supermarket chainsAlso called: voluntary retailer

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Words nearby symbol retailer

symbolist, symbolist movement, symbolization, symbolize, symbology, symbol retailer, Symington, Symmachus, symmetalism, symmetallism, Symmetrel

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