retail
(adverb) at a retail price; “I’ll sell it to you retail only”
retail
(noun) the selling of goods to consumers; usually in small quantities and not for resale
retail
(verb) sell on the retail market
retail
(verb) be sold at the retail level; “These gems retail at thousands of dollars each”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
(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.
• wholesale
retail (not comparable)
Of or relating to the (actual or figurative) sale of goods or services directly to individuals.
retail
Direct to consumers, in retail quantities, or at retail prices.
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.
(archaic) To sell secondhand, or in broken parts.
To repeat or circulate (news or rumours) to others.
• Altier, airtel, aliter, iteral, lirate, retial, tailer
Source: Wiktionary
Re"tail, n. Etym: [F. retaille piece cut off, shred, paring, or OF. retail, from retailler. See Retail, v.]
Definition: The sale of commodities in small quantities or parcels; -- opposed to wholesale; sometimes, the sale of commodities at second hand.
Re"tail, a.
Definition: Done at retail; engaged in retailing commodities; as a retail trade; a retail grocer.
Re*tail", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retailed;p. pr. & vb. n. Retailing.] Etym: [Cf. F. retailler to cut again; pref. re- re + tailler to cut. See Retail, n., Tailor, and cf. Detail.]
1. To sell in small quantities, as by the single yard, pound, gallon, etc.; to sell directly to the consumer; as, to retail cloth or groceries.
2. To sell at second hand. [Obs. or R.] Pope.
3. To distribute in small portions or at second hand; to tell again or to many (what has been told or done); to report; as, to retail slander. "To whom I will retail my conquest won." Shak. He is wit's peddler, and retails his wares At wakes and wassails. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
