retail

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   at a retail price

   I'll sell it to you retail only

2. 2
   verb

   be sold at the retail level

   These gems retail at thousands of dollars each

3. 3
   noun

   The sale of goods directly to the consumer, encompassing the storefronts, mail-order, websites, etc., and the corporate mechanisms, branding, advertising, etc. that support them.

   She works in retail.

4. 4
   noun

   Retail price; full price; an abbreviated expression, meaning the full suggested price of a particular good or service, before any sale, discount, or other deal.

   I never pay retail for clothes.

5. 5
   adj

   Of or relating to the (actual or figurative) sale of goods or services directly to individuals.

   "This is a very retail approach for us," Czerw said. "But when you buy one out of every six home loans in the US, you are going to have a constant flow ..."

6. 6
   adv

   Direct to consumers, in retail quantities, or at retail prices.

   We've shut shown our reseller unit. We're only selling retail now.

7. 7
   verb

   To sell at retail, or in small quantities directly to customers.

   a half part of this purveying is carried on within the city and is called retailing.

8. 8
   verb

   To repeat or circulate (news or rumours) to others.

   He retailed to them the curious interchange of phrases he had overheard on the journey from Aleppo.

Etymology

From the Old French verb retaillier.