'Retail' definitions:
Definition of 'retail'
From: WordNet
adverb
At a retail price; "I'll sell it to you retail only" [ant: wholesale]
noun
The selling of goods to consumers; usually in small quantities and not for resale [ant: wholesale]
verb
Be sold at the retail level; "These gems retail at thousands of dollars each"
verb
Sell on the retail market [ant: wholesale]
Definition of 'Retail'
From: GCIDE
- Retail \Re"tail\ (r[=e]"t[=a]l), n. [F. retaille piece cut off, shred, paring, or OF. retail, from retailler. See Retail, v.] The sale of commodities in small quantities or parcels; -- opposed to wholesale; sometimes, the sale of commodities at second hand. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Retail'
From: GCIDE
- Retail \Re"tail\, a. Done at retail; engaged in retailing commodities; as a retail trade; a retail grocer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Retail'
From: GCIDE
- Retail \Re*tail"\ (r[-e]*t[=a]l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retailed;p. pr. & vb. n. Retailing.] [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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To sell at second hand. [Obs. or R.] --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- He is wit's peddler, and retails his wares At wakes and wassails. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'retail'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- battologize,
- be in,
- bestrew,
- bill of sale,
- broadcast,
- business,
- carry,
- circumfuse,
- close out,
- commercial,
- convert into cash,
- cut under,
- deal in,
- deal out,
- demand,
- diffract,
- diffuse,
- dispense,
- disperse,
- dispread,
- disseminate,
- distribute,
- diverge,
- dump,
- effect a sale,
- fan out,
- fill,
- give an encore,
- go over,
- go through,
- handle,
- industrial,
- issue,
- iterate,
- job,
- make a sale,
- market,
- marketing,
- mass market,
- mercantile,
- merchandise,
- merchandising,
- merchant,
- move,
- outlet,
- overscatter,
- oversow,
- overspread,
- pad,
- practice,
- propagate,
- publish,
- radiate,
- reaffirm,
- reassert,
- recapitulate,
- recite,
- recount,
- rehash,
- rehearse,
- reissue,
- reiterate,
- reprint,
- resell,
- restate,
- resume,
- retailing,
- retell,
- review,
- reword,
- run over,
- sacrifice,
- sale,
- sales,
- say over,
- say over again,
- scatter,
- sell,
- sell off,
- sell on consignment,
- sell out,
- sell over,
- sell retail,
- sell short,
- sell up,
- sell wholesale,
- selling,
- sow,
- sow broadcast,
- splay,
- spread,
- spread out,
- strew,
- sum up,
- summarize,
- tautologize,
- tie-in,
- trade,
- trade in,
- trading,
- traffic in,
- turn into money,
- turn over,
- turnover,
- undercut,
- undersell,
- unload,
- utter,
- wholesale,
- wholesaling