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category killer

category killer noun: a retailer that offers a wider selection of merchandise in a category than existing retailers, at lower prices, thereby gaining substantial share of the market and "killing" the existing retailers.

Noun

category killer (plural category killers)

  1. (US) A retailer that offers a wider selection of merchandise in a category than existing retailers, at lower prices, thereby gaining substantial share of the market and "killing" the existing retailers.
  2. A speedrun so fast that beating it is considered unattainable, thereby "killing" the category it became the record for.

Forms of category killer

pluralcategory killers

Questions about category killer

What does category killer mean?
Category killer means a retailer that offers a wider selection of merchandise in a category than existing retailers, at lower prices, thereby gaining substantial share of the market and "killing" the existing retailers.
What part of speech is category killer?
Category killer is a noun.
What is the plural of category killer?
The plural of category killer is category killers.

Words near category killer in the dictionary

  1. category
  2. category error
  3. category errors
  4. category five
  5. category fraud
  6. category killer
  7. category killers
  8. category mistake
  9. category mistakes
  10. category reference
  11. category references

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