retailing

[ree-tey-ling]

re·tail·ing

[ree-tey-ling]
noun
the business of selling goods directly to consumers (distinguished from wholesaling).

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English; see retail, -ing1

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re·tail

[ree-teyl for 1–4, 6; ri-teyl for 5]
noun
1.
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
adjective
2.
pertaining to, connected with, or engaged in sale at retail: the retail price.
adverb
3.
in a retail quantity or at a retail price.
verb (used with object)
4.
to sell at retail; sell directly to the consumer.
5.
to relate or repeat in detail to others: to retail scandal.
verb (used without object)
6.
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

re·tail·er, noun
non·re·tail, adjective
non·re·tail·er, noun
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retailing

noun
the activities involved in selling commodities directly to consumers 
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