retail

retail
re|tail1 [ˈri:teıl] n [U]
the sale of goods in shops to customers, for their own use and not for selling to anyone else
→↑wholesale
the retail trade/business
▪ a manager with twenty years' experience in the retail business
retail outlet/shop/store/chain
▪ We are looking for more retail outlets for our products.
▪ a retail price of £8.99
▪ The retail value would be around $500.
▪ Retail sales fell by 1.3% in January.
retail 2
re|tail2 [rıˈteıl] v
[Date: 1300-1400; : Old French; Origin: retaillier 'to divide into pieces', from taillier 'to cut']
1.) [i]technical
to be sold for a particular price in a shop
retail at/for
▪ The wine retails at £6.95 a bottle.
▪ The decoder is expected to retail for under $300.
2.) [T] technical
to sell goods in shops
▪ Their products are retailed all over Britain and Europe.
3.) [T] formal
to give other people private information about someone or something
retail 3
re|tail3 [ˈri:teıl] adv
if you buy or sell something retail, you buy or sell it in a shop
▪ We only deal with wholesalers - we don't sell any of our goods retail.

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