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Noun: retail  'ree,teyl
  1. The selling of goods to consumers; usually in small quantities and not for resale
Adverb: retail  'ree,teyl
  1. At a retail price
    "I'll sell it to you retail only"
Verb: retail  'ree,teyl
  1. Be sold at the retail level
    "These gems retail at thousands of dollars each"
     
  2. Sell on the retail market
Verb: retail[2]  ri'teyl or 'ree,teyl
  1. Narrate or give a detailed account of
    "retail[2] what happened";
    - tell, narrate, recount, recite

Derived forms: retailed, retailing, retails

Type of: flog [Brit, informal], inform, marketing, merchandising, sell, selling

Antonym: wholesale

Encyclopedia: Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union