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Retail : adj : selling or related to selling direct to the consumer;
"retail trade"; "retail business"; "retail price" [ant:
wholesale]
(noun)
1: the selling of goods to consumers; usually in small
quantities and not for resale [ant: wholesale]
adv : at a retail price; "I'll sell it to you retail only" [ant: wholesale]
(verb)
1: be sold at the retail level; "These gems retail at thousands
of dollars each"
2: sell on the retail market [ant: wholesale]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Retail : \Re"tail\, a.
Done at retail; engaged in retailing commodities; as a retail
trade; a retail grocer.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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. --Shak.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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RETAIL. To sell by retail, is to sell by small parcels, and not in the
gross. 5 N. S. 279.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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