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retail
[ ree-teyl ri-teyl ]
adjective
- pertaining to, connected with, or engaged in sale at retail:
the retail price.
adverb
- in a retail quantity or at a retail price.
verb (used with object)
- to sell at retail; sell directly to the consumer.
- to relate or repeat in detail to others:
to retail scandal.
verb (used without object)
- to be sold at retail:
It retails at 50 cents.
retail
/ ˈriːteɪl /
adjective
- of, relating to, or engaged in such selling
retail prices
adverb
- in small amounts or at a retail price
verb
- to sell or be sold in small quantities to consumers
- rɪˈteɪl tr to relate (gossip, scandal, etc) in detail, esp persistently
Derived Forms
- ˈretailer, noun
Other Words From
- retail·er noun
- non·retail adjective
- non·retail·er noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of retail1
Example Sentences
He noted that some retail stores that benefit from Christmas sales still instruct employees to wish customers “Happy Holidays.”
I am frightened by how much of this is caused by organized retail crime.
Total approximate retail value of all prizes awarded is $ 3899.97.
Still, they make up the largest block of holiday shoppers and are the key to retail success or failure.
Customers can purchase cold beer at full price or warm bottles of beer at retail prices to take home.
I want to see the sort of thing happening to schools that has already happened to many sorts of retail shops.
Five years later he was drawing a large salary, and at the age of thirty he had opened a retail drug store of his own.
This levelling spirit is gradually converting the historic Walled City into a busy retail trading-centre.
But any thing bought by retail in an English or French shop is, usually speaking, very dear.
He would retail his exciting experiences as a pugilist and a drunkard with much gusto.
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