retail B1 Topic:Shopping & Services US /ˈɹiˌteɪl/ See IPA manual Minimal pairs Sounds like retell /ɛ/ vs /eɪ/ Freq #12429 Meanings 1 noun The selling of goods directly to ordinary customers. After leaving the bank, she found a job in retail. 2 adj Relating to selling goods directly to customers. The shoes are cheaper online than at the retail price. 3 verb To sell goods directly to customers in small quantities. The company retails its products through hundreds of small shops. 4 adv At the price charged to ordinary customers. I never pay retail for clothes; I always wait for the sales. Thesaurus ↔ Opposites wholesale Word family Forms retailedretailingretails Derived forms e-retaile-tailnonretailpreretailretailableretailerretailmentretailtainmentwholetail Related forms wholesale Common collocations retail price Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From the Old French verb retaillier. Topics Shopping & Services External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # retail **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun, adj, verb, adv **IPA (US):** /ˈɹiˌteɪl/ **Frequency rank:** 12429 ## Meanings 1. The selling of goods directly to ordinary customers. 2. Relating to selling goods directly to customers. 3. To sell goods directly to customers in small quantities. 4. At the price charged to ordinary customers. ## Examples - After leaving the bank, she found a job in retail. - The shoes are cheaper online than at the retail price. - The company retails its products through hundreds of small shops. - I never pay retail for clothes; I always wait for the sales. ## Antonyms - wholesale ## Derived Forms - e-retail - e-tail - nonretail - preretail - retailable - retailer - retailment - retailtainment - wholetail ## Related Forms - wholesale ## Etymology From the Old French verb retaillier. ## AI Etymology Retail comes from the Old French verb retaillier. Modern senses include the selling of goods directly to ordinary customers. and relating to selling goods directly to customers.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as e-retail, e-tail, nonretail, preretail, retailable, and retailer and related forms such as wholesale. ## Topics - Shopping & Services markdown