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[ree-teyl for 1–4, 6; ri-teyl for 5]

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noun

the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).

adjective

pertaining to, connected with, or engaged in sale at retail: the retail price.

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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.

Origin:
1375–1425; (noun) late Middle English < Anglo-French: a cutting, derivative of retailler to cut, equivalent to re- re- + tailler to cut (see tail²); (v.) Middle English retailen < Old French retailler

Related forms

re·tail·er, noun

non·re·tail, adjective

non·re·tail·er, noun

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The latest buzz in the retail industry isn't about hemlines or projections of holiday sales.

However offering credit for work experience in a retail store is hardly college-level work.

As stores close, the industry loses much more than a retail outlet.

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The latest buzz in the retail industry isn't about hemlines or projections of holiday sales.

However offering credit for work experience in a retail store is hardly college-level work.

As stores close, the industry loses much more than a retail outlet.

The warranties follow the stones from the mine to the factories to the retail stores.

Drugmakers and retail chains offer meds at bargain prices.

He was arrested and charged with retail theft and public drunkenness.

Bare-root plants are sold in late winter and early spring by retail nurseries and mail-order companies.

E-reader makers are expanding their retail tentacles.

The first two floors will be used for retail purposes.

Time to stop badmouthing hospitality and retail jobs.

Retail sales, producer prices, wages and exchange rates.

His owners are either retired or work in construction, catering, or retail.

Some retail corporations are reportedly considering whether to require companies in their supply chain to post such data.

Shover received the felony charge as this was his fifth retail theft offense.

But customer interest convinced them there was a need for a retail native plant nursery.

The major focus of this first generation device is at retail and in bars and hotels.

But even with increased pay, some retail workers said in interviews that the holiday hours were a raw deal.

For starters, high-crime areas tend to have difficulty attracting retail businesses.

But the integration of the other retail giant went badly.

Gifting is going to be a big part of social retail experience.

Their place is tucked back between two-story retail buildings.

If past product launches are any guide, the company will continue to restock its retail locations daily.

China is the fastest-growing big retail market, and may one day be the biggest.

I'd go to their website and find a retail store that carries their plants.

But you don't need to stock iPads to create an irresistible retail environment.

Whether retail investors understand this is not clear.

Or you can contact the following for retail sources.

The advent of retail genomics will make a once-rare experience commonplace.

Both the main gallery and the smaller indoor retail space are extensively decorated.

Prevent retail banks lending to any investment bank without a substantial risk premium.

The industry also includes retail drug operations with auxiliary food and.

The upside is that there seems to be a lot of slick tech stuff that goes for far, far, below the retail.

In the new world of retail hacking, only the deal-hunting elite uncover and pay the real price for any product.

They are similar to retail management which requires no degree.

Companies are already working to bring the spice oils to retail shelves for farmers, he said.

Government moves to limit danger of disease by listing retail locations stocking and/or selling contaminated products.

Instead, retail executives are talking about logistics, the.

Those temporary jobs you held in retail management do not interest a faculty search committee.

Despite regular reviews of the retail market, public trust in the utilities is weak.

Winner will not receive difference between actual and approximate retail value.

Perhaps solar power can match the retail price of supplying electricity to a home, but only during bright sunshine.

After months of selling the devices directly through their web site, they are turning to retail giants.

Any difference between actual retail value of prize and the approximate retail.

Many vegetables and fruits are picked and into retail outlets in a matter of a few.

The world of brick-and-mortal retail looks to be in fine shape, which should be a big boost for everyone in the music business.

While there has been a big slump recently in the retail price of sugar, the price at refineries has not dropped.

First, retail fund managers compete on past performance rather than price.

Today, she is more likely to be stuck in traffic, her periphery dominated by super-sized retail stores.

Are they so distrustful of the transport and retail industries that they would happily use many orders of magnitude more energy.

The firm's returned chief executive has thrown down the gauntlet in its struggling retail unit.

Many different ways exist to do even something as uninspiring as writing software to manage a retail inventory.

Available at numerous retail outlets across the city wwwipmru/enstart.

Lithium now costs retail no more than sealed lead batteries.

Retail medical clinics, which don't require appointments and are open all weekend, are growing in popularity.

The anecdotal example from retail that you cite can hardly be accepted as proof of anything useful.

In real terms, the rise in retail sales last year was the biggest for over two decades.

Retail biodiesel fueling stations are popping up across the country, offering pure biodiesel and biodiesel/petroleum blends.

Behind the familiar look of retail chains is a great deal of deliberative design.

Most of these people ended up working retail to make ends meet, while they looked for a student affairs job.

Instead, the two retail models could eventually become indistinguishable.

Most seeds available in both retail and wholesale outlets are hybrids or genetically engineered in some way.

It's also been found in retail meat in several different countries.

As the retail market has softened, the chain took a risk by lowering its apparel prices.

To trade tenure for short-term contracts will turn the world of the university into a retail marketplace.

The commissioners are busily working out where to draw the line dividing retail banking from the riskier kind.

We don't actually have any retail rights on this project.

I've had better experiences with retail applications.

The majority of this activity is by foreigners, rich individuals and retail investors.

Any difference between actual retail value of prize and.

He has ended up having a lot of fun working in retail and is still there.

The bigger banks' extensive retail networks provide a useful hedge against liquidity problems in capital markets.

She has worked as an accountant, after-school director and retail manager in various locations.

Retail has its own kind of crazy but there's a bottom line and a way to get rid of the non-productive deadwood.

The lobby area is a retail goldmine of rainforest-themed toys.

When the retail pie is so small to begin with, those slices are going to send us all to bed mighty hungry.

Retail drip irrigation systems may become clogged with small particles in the grey water, so they may not be a good choice.

Take the job at the restaurant or retail outlet or a call center.

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World English Dictionary

retail (ˈriːteɪl)

—n
1.	Compare wholesale the sale of goods individually or in small quantities to consumers

—*adj*
2.	of, relating to, or engaged in such selling: retail prices

—*adv*
3.	in small amounts or at a retail price

—vb
4.	to sell or be sold in small quantities to consumers
5.	(tr) to relate (gossip, scandal, etc) in detail, esp persistently

[C14: from Old French retaillier to cut off, from re- + taillier to cut; see tailor]

'retailer

—n

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Word Origin & History

retail

mid-14c. (implied in retailing), from O.Fr. retaillier "to cut off, pare, clip, divide," from re- "back" + taillier "to cut, trim" (see tailor). Sense of "recount, tell over again" is first recorded 1590s. The noun meaning "sale in small quantities" is from early 15c., from

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M.Fr. retail "piece cut off, shred, scrap, paring."

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Cultural Dictionary

retail definition

A term describing businesses that sell goods directly to individuals. (Compare wholesale.)

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"When we can drain the Ocean into mill-ponds, and bottle up the Force of Gravity, to be sold by retail, in gas jars; then may we hope to comprehend the infinitudes of man's soul under formulas of Profit and Loss; and rule over this too, as over a patent engine, by checks, and valves, and balances."

-Thomas Carlyle

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