retail

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The sale of goods directly to the consumer, encompassing the storefronts, mail-order,…

   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.
2. 2

   Retail price

   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.
3. 3

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

   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 ..."
   • The future for Bradley International Airport near Hartford, Conn., also looks very retail. Plans call for $156 million to expand the main terminal,
   • But even with her level of celebrity, it would be very hard to win a race without engaging voters in a very retail way.
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   1. 4

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

      • We've shut shown our reseller unit. We're only selling retail now.
   2. 5

      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.
   3. 6

      To sell secondhand, or in broken parts.

   4. 7

      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.
      • He became quite pale as he retailed these stories to Constance.
      • The fantasies of blood libel that Bosnian Serbs retailed about Bosnian Muslims were the fantasies that Rhinelanders had centuries earlier retailed about the Jews they had murdered.

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