From Middle English outlete, outeleate, ut-lete, derived from Middle English outleten, equivalent to out- + let.

• IPA: /ˈaʊtlɛt/, /ˈaʊtlɪt/

outlet (plural outlets)

1. A vent or similar passage to allow the escape of something.
2. Something which allows for the release of one's desires.

   Jamie found doing martial arts was a great outlet for her stress.

   • 1865, Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd”, in Sequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poems:

     Song of the bleeding throat, / Death’s outlet song of life, (for well dear brother I know, / If thou wast not granted to sing thou would’st surely die.)

3. A river that runs out of a lake.
4. A shop that sells the products of a particular manufacturer or supplier.
5. A wall-mounted socket connected to an electrical power supply, at which current can be taken to run electrical devices.

   I had to move the cupboard to get to the power outlet.

• French: conduit
• German: Ausgang, Auslass
• Portuguese: ventilação
• Russian: вы́ход
• Spanish: salida

• French: exutoire, issue
• Russian: вы́ход
• Spanish: desahogo

• French: exutoire, dérivatif
• Russian: сток
• Spanish: río que nace en un lago

• French: magasin d’usine, franchise
• German: Direktverkauf, Werksverkauf, Direktvermarkter
• Portuguese: outlet
• Russian: торго́вая то́чка
• Spanish: minorista de marca, al-bolsillo