Assortment: the meaning of the word and its examples

"Assortment" is a very specific word, which is most often used in trade. In the article we will just talk about its meaning and application.

Origin

In fact, this transliteration from the French word assortment. Similarly, the lexical meaning of the word "assortment" is taken from French. In Russian there are several words that have a similar meaning. For example, the words "set", "composition", "availability", "selection", "ratio" are options for translating into Russian, so to speak, assortment - the meaning of the word assortment in Russian.

Application

Most often this word is used in the sphere of trade, here it has some shades. For example, when a store with different departments, its range is meant, the meaning of the word will have all the available goods. More precisely, this value will reflect the same phrase with a prefix in the beginning - a group phrase. It will include various groups of goods: food products (which can also be divided into subsections), manufactured goods, household goods, etc.

If we are talking about the product of one department, we mean its range, the meaning of the word will be somewhat different. It will mean the variety of goods of one group. A more precise meaning will be conveyed by the phrase "expanded range". I mean different types of homogeneous goods. For example, the phrase "assortment of sweets" implies all names of sweets that are available (or in stock).

Also this word is used in production. In economics, when it comes to the whole country (its range), the meaning of the word has even wider meaning. It is replaced by the phrase "gross domestic product". Then the whole volume of goods, services, works performed in the country is meant. This indicator characterizes absolutely the entire economy of the country in a generalized form.