retail
English
Etymology
From the Old French verb retaillier.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹiˌteɪl/, [ˈɹ̠ʷiˌtʰeɪ̯ɫ]
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪl
Noun
retail (uncountable)
- (business) 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.
- (colloquial) 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.
Antonyms
- wholesale
Derived terms
- retailer
- retail park
- retail politics
- retail therapy
Translations
sale of goods directly to the consumer
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retail price
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See also
- wholesale
- click and collect
Adjective
retail (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the (actual or figurative) sale of goods or services directly to individuals.
- 1997 December 28, “Freddie Mac establishes existing-home sales division”, in Deseret News:
- "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 ..."
- 1999 December 12, Naedine Joy Hazell, “TRAVEL INSIDER; Airport Malls Redefine 'Shopping on the Fly'”, in Los Angeles Times:
- The future for Bradley International Airport near Hartford, Conn., also looks very retail. Plans call for $156 million to expand the main terminal,
- 2010 September 17, “Sarah Palin's visit to Iowa keeps fans guessing”, in Des Moines Register:
- 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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Translations
relating to the sale of goods or services directly to individual consumers
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Adverb
retail
- Direct to consumers, in retail quantities, or at retail prices.
- We've shut shown our reseller unit. We're only selling retail now.
Translations
in retail quantities
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Verb
retail (third-person singular simple present retails, present participle retailing, simple past and past participle retailed)
- To sell at retail, or in small quantities directly to customers.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 223d.
- a half part of this purveying is carried on within the city and is called retailing.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 223d.
- (archaic) To sell secondhand, or in broken parts.
- To repeat or circulate (news or rumours) to others.
- 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 12, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 157:
- He retailed to them the curious interchange of phrases he had overheard on the journey from Aleppo.
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 762:
- He became quite pale as he retailed these stories to Constance.
- 1998 February 1, Alan Ryan, “Hot Spots (review of The Warrior's Honor: Ethnic War and the Modern Conscience by Michael Ignatieff)”, in The New York Times:
- 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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Translations
to sell at retail, or in small quantities directly to customers
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to repeat or circulate (news or rumours) to others.
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Anagrams
- Altier, airtel, aliter, iteral, lirate, retial, tailer
Indonesian
Etymology
From English retail, from Old French retaillier. Doublet of ritel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [reˈtaɪl]
- Hyphenation: ré‧ta‧il
Noun
rétail (first-person possessive retailku, second-person possessive retailmu, third-person possessive retailnya)
- retail, 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.
Alternative forms
- ritel
Synonyms
- ècèran
- ketengan
- runcit: Indonesian, Standard Malay
Further reading
- “retail” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Spanish
Noun
retail m (uncountable)
- retail