retail

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[edit] Etymology

(verb) From Old French retaillier.

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Singular
retail

Plural
uncountable

retail (uncountable)

  1. The sale of goods directly to the consumer.

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retail (not comparable)

Positive
retail

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)

  1. Of, or relating to the sale of goods directly to the customer

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[edit] Adverb

retail

  1. In retail quantities, or at retail prices

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Infinitive
to retail

Third person singular
retails

Simple past
retailed

Past participle
retailed

Present participle
retailing

to retail (third-person singular simple present retails, present participle retailing, simple past and past participle retailed)

  1. 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.
  2. To repeat or circulate (news or rumours) to others.

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  • Notes:
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Oxford-Paravia Concise - Dizionario Inglese-Italiano e Italiano-Inglese. Edited by Maria Cristina Bareggi. Torino: Paravia, 2003 (in collaboration with Oxford University Press). ISBN 8839551107. Online version here
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