'Retailing' definitions:
Definition of 'retailing'
From: WordNet
noun
The activities involved in selling commodities directly to consumers
Definition of 'Retailing'
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 'retailing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accouterment,
- agency,
- armament,
- barter,
- bartering,
- brokerage,
- buying and selling,
- catering,
- chandlery,
- consumer preference study,
- consumer research,
- consumer survey,
- dealing,
- direct-mail selling,
- doing business,
- endowment,
- equipment,
- exchange,
- finding,
- fitting out,
- furnishing,
- furnishment,
- give-and-take,
- hard sell,
- hawking,
- high-pressure salesmanship,
- horse trading,
- huckstering,
- interchange,
- investment,
- jobbing,
- logistics,
- low-pressure salesmanship,
- mail-order selling,
- market,
- market research,
- marketing,
- marketing research,
- merchandising,
- outfitting,
- peddling,
- preparation,
- procurement,
- promotion,
- providing,
- provision,
- provisioning,
- purveyance,
- reinforcement,
- replenishment,
- resupply,
- retail,
- sales,
- sales campaign,
- sales promotion,
- salesmanship,
- selling,
- sellout,
- soft sell,
- subsidization,
- subsidy,
- subvention,
- supply,
- supplying,
- swapping,
- trade,
- trading,
- trafficking,
- victualing,
- wheeling and dealing,
- wholesale,
- wholesaling