Definition of retail
intransitive verb
:to sell at retail
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Examples of retail in a Sentence
We retail clothing at the best possible prices.
jewelry that retails from $100
Recent Examples of retail from the Web
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Fast Retailing’s free float is relatively small compared to its outstanding shares because of the large amount of shares held by the family of the company’s founder.
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The Balenciaga speed trainers retail for $595, in the same neighborhood as Ball's $495 ZO2's, though Ball's shoes are his family's brand. Valentine's teammate Bobby Portis jumped in the conversation, asking @ESPNNBA to delete the tweet.
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In May, Lord & Taylor stores showcased the newest items in the Ivanka Trump denim collection: a series of indigo, white and pink pants retailing for $79.
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Car sales are slowing down this year, but anything other than a car is retailing just fine, thank you very much.
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In one day, investors pulled billions of dollars from competing businesses, with the market cap destruction totaling almost $40 billion for the 20 worst-performing food and retail stocks on the S&P alone.
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Some McDonald's fans have allegedly seen the dish, which supposedly serves two and retails for $3.99, on McDonald's menus in the greater Pittsburgh area, central West Virginia, southeast Ohio, and eastern Kentucky, according to Brand Eating.
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The basic model currently retails for $16.95 online.
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The matte, vibrant pink lipstick retails for $19 and was created to raise awareness for Planned Parenthood, which will receive 100 percent of net profits.
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First Known Use of retail
15th century
retail Synonyms
Synonyms
deal (in), merchandise (also merchandize), put up, market, sell, vendAntonyms
buy, purchaseRelated Words
presell, wholesale; remarket, resell; hawk, peddle; barter, distribute, exchange, export, handle, trade, traffic (in); advertise, ballyhoo, boost, plug, promote, tout; bargain, chaffer, dicker, haggle, horse-trade, palter; auction; provide, supply; carry, keep, stockDefinition of retail
:the sale of commodities or goods in small quantities to ultimate consumers;
also
:the industry of such selling
Examples of retail in a Sentence
She has a job in retail.
Recent Examples of retail from the Web
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Earlier this year, Hoover Mayor Frank Brocato said a priority of his administration is to diversify the city's retail-centric economy and recruit technology firms and those creating STEM-based (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) jobs.
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Foot traffic was reduced by online retail, and other stores left for bigger cities throughout the country.
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In May, Kroger began testing a new brand of prepared meal kit, Prep+Pared, in Cincinnati-area stores that feed two and retail for up to $18.
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The Figueroa Centre, a mixed-use development, will include over 94,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, 22,000 square feet of event space, 220 hotel rooms, 200 condominium units, and 617 parking spaces.
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Hytrol’s state-of-the-art products are now used by companies ranging from Amazon.com to Office Depot to leading pharmaceutical, retail, food, and publishing conglomerates around the world.
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Amid all these conflicting trends, the architecture of retail is feeling its way, with sometimes-happy results.
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Instead of saving the Addams Homes building, D'Angelo's plan would've created a row of Italianate buildings along the corridor, with ground-floor retail to complement the existing restaurant row.
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The fastest-growing job opportunities are mostly for low-wage workers in health care, leisure, and retail, whose income and sales taxes cannot fund the state’s expensive promises to teachers and pensioners.
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Origin and Etymology of retail
Middle English, from Anglo-French retaille cutting, deduction, retail, from retailler to cut out, from re- + tailler to cut — more at tailor
Other Business Terms
Definition of retail
:of, relating to, or engaged in the sale of commodities at retail
- retail trade
Examples of retail in a Sentence
Is that price retail or wholesale?
Recent Examples of retail from the Web
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In its application, Albion is seeking to build an 18-story, mixed-use development consisting of 9,500 square feet of first-floor retail space, 265 rental units and more than 200 parking spaces.
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If the U.K. leaves without a deal, goods such as Dutch tomatoes could be delayed by two to three days at ports, raising the cost of shipments and storage and causing perishable items to rot, the retail consortium said.
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In 2015 plans were approved to build a 15,870-square-foot commercial shopping center that will have three buildings, two of which contain drive-thru restaurants along with other retail or restaurant tenant spaces.
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Longhi was charged with retail theft in 2014 for allegedly shoplifting merchandise from the Sears store in the Fox Valley Mall in Aurora, records said.
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And Amazon may use the urban real estate that Whole Foods holds as distribution hubs for the rest of its retail business.
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But rents escalated far faster than retail sales throughout Manhattan.
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The street-levels of both buildings will be occupied by mixed-use retail spaces; specific tenants are not yet confirmed.
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Bankers who underwrite equity and debt will probably see annual bonuses surge 10 percent to 20 percent or more, while those in retail and commercial banking can expect raises of 5 percent to 10 percent.
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First Known Use of retail
1601
Other Business Terms
Definition of retail
:in small quantities :from a retailer
Examples of retail in a Sentence
You usually have to pay more if you buy something retail than if you buy it wholesale.
The product sells retail for about $100.
First Known Use of retail
1784
Other Business Terms
RETAIL Defined for English Language Learners
retail
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verb
Definition of retail for English Language Learners
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: to sell (something) to customers for their own use
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: to be sold to the final customer for a specified price
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: to tell (something) to one person after another : to tell (something) again
retail
play
noun
Definition of retail for English Language Learners
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: the business of selling things directly to customers for their own use
retail
play
adjective
Definition of retail for English Language Learners
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: relating to the business of selling things directly to customers for their own use
retail
play
adverb
Definition of retail for English Language Learners
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: in a store that sells things directly to customers for their own use : from a retailer
RETAIL Defined for Kids
Definition of retail for Students
retailed;
retailing
:to sell in small amounts to people for their own use
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retailer
nounLearn More about retail
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