Amazon hits US sellers with surcharge to offset inflation and fuel costs
The prices of materials have been rising because the war between Russia and Ukraine in recently.
Many countries create a large influx of cash in the economy because of the spread of Coronavirus.
So now, inflation has risen in many countries.
아마존도 이에 대응을 하는 중이고 앞으로 물가 상승이 이어질 것으로 예상되어 기업들이 이에 대응할 것으로 생각한다.
In response to this, Amazon takes some actions.
*surcharge: money that you have to pay in addition to the basic price of something
*offset: if the cost or amount of something offsets another cost or amount, the two things have an opposite effect / to make something look better by being close to it and different
*inflation: a continuing increase in price, or the rate at which prices increase / the process of filling something with air
*third party: 해당 분야에 그 분야를 처음 개척했거나 원천기술을 확보하고 있는 등의 주요기업이 아니라, 해당 분야에 호환되는 상품을 출시하거나 타 기업의 주 기술을 이용한 파생상품 등을 생산하는 회사들을 가리키는 용어
*fulfillment:
- the feeling of being happy and satisfied with your life because you are doing interesting, useful, or important things
- when something you wanted happens or is given to you <syn> achievement
*pass on:
- to give someone a piece of information that someone else has given to you
- to give something, especially a disease, to your children through your genes
*per-unit delivery: 배송 당
*absorb
- to take in liquid, gas, or another substance from the surface or space around something
- to read or hear a large amount of new information and understand it
*warehouse: a large building for storing large quantities of goods