Definitions for retail

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retail re·tail

Spelling: [ree-teyl for 1–4, 6; ri-teyl for 5]

IPA: /ˈri teɪl for 1–4, 6; rɪˈteɪl for 5/

Retail is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 160 anagrams from letters in retail (aeilrt).

Definitions for retail

noun

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

adverb

1. in a retail quantity or at a retail price.

adjective

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

verb (used with object)

1. to sell at retail; sell directly to the consumer.
2. to relate or repeat in detail to others:

verb (used without object)

1. to be sold at retail:

Origin of retail

1375-1425; (noun) late Middle English Anglo-French: a cutting, derivative of retailler to cut, equivalent to re- re- + tailler to cut (see tail

Examples for retail

retail dealers, costermongers, and greengrocers were making their purchases in haste.

Our friend concludes that it is cheaper to lend umbrellas by retail.

Still, they make up the largest block of holiday shoppers and are the key to retail success or failure.

He noted that some retail stores that benefit from Christmas sales still instruct employees to wish customers “Happy Holidays.”

Even the retail trade could not escape the omniscience of this control.

After the practices of adulteration naturally follow the practices of retail trade.

The holiday season is a relatively short one, but in terms of sales, these weeks are crucial for the retail industry.

With her husband, Johnson owns a retail gun shop and raises two boys.

There is to be no retail trade either in these or any other articles.

Customers can purchase cold beer at full price or warm bottles of beer at retail prices to take home.