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retail /ˈriːteɪl/

▶noun the sale of goods to the public for use or consumption rather than for resale. ▶verb also /rɪˈteɪl/

1 sell (goods) in such a way.
■ (retail at/for) be sold in this way for (a specified price).

2 recount or relate details of.

– derivatives
retailer noun.

– origin ME: from an Anglo-Norman Fr. use of OFr. retaille ‘a piece cut off’, from retaillier, from re- (expressing intensive force) + tailler ‘to cut’.

'retail' also found in these Oxford entries:

brasserie - cafeteria - carvery - chandler - confectioner - cost-of-living index - costumier - counter - cutler - deli - delicatessen - discount store - draper - dry-salter - fishmonger - florist - fruiterer - furrier - grocer - grocery - haberdasher - hatter - high street - hosier - impact - index-linked - ironmonger - jeweller - merchant - MSRP - parallel imports - patisserie - pizzeria - poulterer - rathskeller - refectory - restaurant - restaurateur - retail park - retail politics - retail price index - retail therapy - RPI - RRP - saddler - saddlery - seedsman - sell-through - shoemaker

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