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Noun: retail  'ree,teyl
  1. The selling of goods to consumers; usually in small quantities and not for resale
    "The boutique specializes in retail of handmade jewellery"
Verb: retail  'ree,teyl
  1. Sell on the retail market
    "They retail organic produce at farmers' markets"; "The company retails its products directly to consumers"
     
  2. Be sold at the retail level
    "These gems retail at thousands of dollars each"
Adverb: retail  'ree,teyl
  1. At a retail price
    "I'll sell it to you retail only"
Verb: retail[2]  ri'teyl or 'ree,teyl
  1. Narrate or give a detailed account of
    "He retail[2]ed the entire conversation to his friends";
    - tell, narrate, recount, recite

Derived forms: retails, retailed, retailing

Type of: flog [Brit, informal], inform, sell

Antonym: wholesale

Encyclopedia: Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union