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Retail
//ˈɹiˌteɪl// adj, adv, noun, verb, slang
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of or relating to the (actual or figurative) sale of goods or services directly to individuals. not-comparable
""This is a very retail approach for us," Czerw said. "But when you buy one out of every six home loans in the US, you are going to have a constant flow ...""
Adverb
- 1 Direct to consumers, in retail quantities, or at retail prices.
"We've shut shown our reseller unit. We're only selling retail now."
Adverb
- 1 at a retail price wordnet
Noun
- 1 The sale of goods directly to the consumer, encompassing the storefronts, mail-order, websites, etc., and the corporate mechanisms, branding, advertising, etc. that support them. uncountable
"She works in retail."
- 2 the selling of goods to consumers; usually in small quantities and not for resale wordnet
- 3 Retail price; full price; an abbreviated expression, meaning the full suggested price of a particular good or service, before any sale, discount, or other deal. colloquial, uncountable
"I never pay retail for clothes."
Verb
- 1 To sell at retail, or in small quantities directly to customers.
"a half part of this purveying is carried on within the city and is called retailing."
- 2 sell on the retail market wordnet
- 3 To sell secondhand, or in broken parts. archaic
- 4 be sold at the retail level wordnet
- 5 To repeat or circulate (news or rumours) to others.
"He retailed to them the curious interchange of phrases he had overheard on the journey from Aleppo."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From the Old French verb retaillier.
Etymology 2
From the Old French verb retaillier.
Etymology 3
From the Old French verb retaillier.
Etymology 4
From the Old French verb retaillier.
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