retail

[re·tail]

If you buy a pair of jeans at your neighborhood Chique Boutique, you’re buying retail, but if you go to China and buy a boatload of jeans directly from the manufacturer, you’re buying wholesale, which is the opposite of retail.

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The sale of commodities in small quantities or parcels; -- opposed to wholesale; sometimes, the sale of commodities at second hand.

Noun
the selling of goods to consumers; usually in small quantities and not for resale

Verb
sell on the retail market

Verb
be sold at the retail level; "These gems retail at thousands of dollars each"

Adjective
selling or related to selling direct to the consumer; "retail trade"; "retail business"; "retail price"

Adverb
at a retail price; "I''ll sell it to you retail only"

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v.
The sale of commodities in small quantities or parcels; -- opposed to wholesale; sometimes, the sale of commodities at second hand.

a.
Done at retail; engaged in retailing commodities; as a retail trade; a retail grocer.

n.
To sell in small quantities, as by the single yard, pound, gallon, etc.; to sell directly to the consumer; as, to retail cloth or groceries.

n.
To sell at second hand.

n.
To distribute in small portions or at second hand; to tell again or to many (what has been told or done); to report; as, to retail slander.


Retail

Re"tail , n. [F. retaille piece cut off, shred, paring, or OF. retail, from retailler. See Retail, v.] The sale of commodities in small quantities or parcels; -- opposed to wholesale; sometimes, the sale of commodities at second hand.

Retail

Re"tail, a. Done at retail; engaged in retailing commodities; as a retail trade; a retail grocer.

Retail

Re*tail" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retailed ;p. pr. & vb. n. Retailing.] [Cf. F. retailler to cut again; pref. re- re + tailler to cut. See Retail, n., Tailor, and cf. Detail.] 1. To sell in small quantities, as by the single yard, pound, gallon, etc.; to sell directly to the consumer; as, to retail cloth or groceries. 2. To sell at second hand. [Obs. or R.] Pope. 3. To distribute in small portions or at second hand; to tell again or to many (what has been told or done); to report; as, to retail slander. "To whom I will retail my conquest won." Shak.
He is wit's peddler, and retails his wares At wakes and wassails.

The sale of commodities in small quantities or parcels; -- opposed to wholesale; sometimes, the sale of commodities at second hand.

Done at retail; engaged in retailing commodities; as a retail trade; a retail grocer.

To sell in small quantities, as by the single yard, pound, gallon, etc.; to sell directly to the consumer; as, to retail cloth or groceries.

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Usage Examples

My first job was in retail at the age of 14, and I have worked in the industry ever since.

The god whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God who does a wholesale, not a retail business. He cannot accommodate his processes to the convenience of individuals.

A guy named Charlie Beacham was my first mentor at Ford. He taught me the importance of the dealers, and he rubbed my nose in the retail business.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

For a Jewish Puritan of the middle class, the novel is serious, the novel is work, the novel is conscientious application why, the novel is practically the retail business all over again.

I wasn't going to get such a nice car - I was going to get a cute little hybrid or something, keep the trees happy - but then my grandfather died, and it was all: retail therapy!

The American consumer is also the American worker, and if we don't do something to protect our manufacturing base here at home, it is going to be hard to buy any retail goods.

Arkansas is a state where politics is retail.

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