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Currently, the trend of ordering goods is booming and developing strongly due to the increasing demand of people. Everywhere you go, you hear about ordering clothes, ordering food, especially in restaurants or eateries, shopping centers. So what does order mean in English? How is order sales, ordering goods?
What is Order in Vietnamese, What is Order in English
1. What does Order mean?
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In the field of business, trading goods, Order is understood as placing an order. Understand this meaning as goods that are ordered are the ones that customers have ordered, not readily available items. These are genuine goods with clear origins, ensuring quality rather than counterfeit goods or low-quality goods. Therefore, the trend of selling ordered goods has become widespread due to the demand and preferences of people who prefer to use foreign ordered goods. Common items that consumers often order include clothes, cosmetics, bags, shoes, etc. Some countries where Vietnamese consumers prefer to order goods include Guangzhou (China), the UK, the US, Australia, South Korea.
2. What does selling goods by order mean?
What is Order? Selling goods by order is not a form of direct selling, it may not be readily available, and businesses may have to purchase from reputable domestic or international e-commerce platforms. When receiving orders from customers, websites will package and deliver the products to the users' location, either collecting payment upon delivery or requiring a deposit in advance. This is a common form of online sales that most users utilize today.
Additionally, order is also used in many other cases meaning placing an order. For example, when you go to a restaurant or café, you'll call a staff member to order (request) food, drinks. You can even order food, goods to be delivered to your home. For instance, in the movie The Daughter-in-law Orders, the character Yen (played by Lan Phuong) often orders ready-made dishes, food from restaurants and has them shipped to her home every day because she doesn't know how to cook.
Although this order service brings many benefits, it also has certain limitations. Customers won't be able to check, see the actual items before buying, so ensuring the quality of the items as advertised is impossible. Especially, in many cases, after placing an order, if the manufacturer, distributor refuses to deliver, cancels the order, it causes losses and affects the delivery base because of the transportation and commuting costs.
What does Order mean in Vietnamese?
Specifically, on platforms like Shopee or Lazada, sellers often add a note in the description section stating that the item is on order, not available.
Some other concepts:
- Pre-Order translates to Vietnamese as pre-order, this is a relatively new concept in Vietnam. For example, when Apple is about to release its new trio of iPhones, users in other countries can start pre-ordering starting from what date.
- Purchase order is the buyer's purchase order, the purchasing party, it's a document to confirm that the buyer has placed an order.
3. Other meanings of order
As mentioned above, Order is a polysemous word, besides meaning placing an order, this English word also carries many other meanings, depending on different contexts.
In some cases, Order means social class, sequence, command, investigation, merchandise, arrangement, rules, procedures, etc.
Here, you've learned what the word order means. In addition, Demo is also a term we often encounter, but if you're not clear about its meaning, you can find out what Demo means here.
