RETAILING

retailing

(noun) the activities involved in selling commodities directly to consumers

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

retailing

present participle of retail

Noun

retailing (countable and uncountable, plural retailings)

The business of selling directly to the consumer; retail.

Source: Wiktionary


RETAIL

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



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