An electrical outlet (Japanese). FromMiddle English outlete ,outeleate ,ut-lete , derived fromMiddle English outleten ( “ to allow, let out, emit ” ) , equivalent toout- +let . CompareWest Frisian útlit ( “ outlet ” ) ,Dutch uitlaat ( “ outlet ” ) ,German Auslass ( “ outlet ” ) .
outlet (plural outlets )
Avent or similarpassage to allow theescape of something. Something which allows for therelease of one'sdesires .Jamie found doing martial arts was a greatoutlet for her stress.
1865 ,Walt Whitman , “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d ”, inSequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poems :Song of the bleeding throat, / Death’soutlet song of life, (for well dear brother I know, / If thou wast not granted to sing thou would’st surely die.)
Ariver that runs out of alake . Ashop that sells theproducts of a particularmanufacturer orsupplier . A wall-mountedsocket connected to anelectrical power supply , at whichcurrent can be taken to run electrical devices.I had to move the cupboard to get to the poweroutlet .
shop
Bulgarian:промоционален магазин m ( promocionalen magazin ) Catalan:punt de venda m Chinese:Mandarin:折扣中心 ( zhékòuzhōngxīn ) ,暢貨中心 / 畅货中心 ( chànghuòzhōngxīn ) ( Taiwan ) Finnish:liike (fi) French:magasin d’usine (fr) m ,franchise (fr) f German:Direktverkauf m ,Werksverkauf m ,Direktvermarkter m Japanese:直販店 ( ちょくはんてん, chokuhanten ) ,アウトレット ( autoretto ) Polish:wyprzedaż (pl) f ,zbyt (pl) m ,outlet (pl) m Portuguese:outlet (pt) m Russian:торго́вая то́чка (ru) f ( torgóvaja tóčka ) ,магази́н (ru) m ( magazín ) ,а́утлет (ru) m ( áutlet ) Spanish:minorista de marca m ,al-bolsillo m
FromEnglish outlet .
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outlet
( Taiwan , Hong Kong ) outlet mall ; a mall with outletshops ( especially in tourist areas ) Unadapted borrowing fromEnglish outlet .
outlet m inan
outlet ( shop ) outlet inWielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PANoutlet in Polish dictionaries at PWNUnadapted borrowing fromEnglish outlet .
outlet m (plural outlets )
outlet store Unadapted borrowing fromEnglish outlet .
outlet m (plural outlets )
outlet store According toRoyal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.