noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
retailing; buying and reselling
Literal meaning: buying goods and selling them as is, without processing. This sense is less common in modern usage; the figurative sense is dominant.
この店は受け売りではなく、自家製の商品を扱っている。
This shop handles homemade products, not resold goods.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
parroting; echoing; repeating someone else's words
Common figurative use: repeating what someone else said without adding one's own thought, often with a negative connotation of lacking originality.
彼の意見は全部、先生の受け売りだ。
His opinions are all just parroting the teacher's.
人の話を受け売りするだけでは、自分の考えは深まらない。
Just echoing what others say won't deepen your own thinking.