| 单词 | retail trade |
| 释义 | > as lemmasretail trade 1. Of, relating to, or engaged in retail. Frequently in retail market, retail output, retail trade. See also Compounds.retail facilities: see facility n. 6c. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > [adjective] > belonging to or characteristic of type of selling retail1601 shopkeeping1603 wholesale1640 shoppish1815 shoppy1825 soft sell1954 1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Worlde 93 They..haue betaken themselues to liue by retaile and mechanicall trades [It. guadagni vtili a i particolari]. 1640 H. Mill Nights Search xxxviii. 190 It is undoubted Newes That Mariners to Venice bring rich fraught, And retaile Merchants in exchange have naught. 1689 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 297 To drive some small retail trade. 1716 M. Davies Crit. Hist. 78 in Athenæ Britannicæ III There may have been such Retaile-Coyn, set forth by some Retail-Dealers, in all Reigns perchance. 1785 Daily Universal Reg. 1 Jan. 3/4 R. Croft, Taylor..at his wholesale and retail warehouse..is now selling ladies' Italian Coats. 1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. I. iii. i. 520 The influence of those causes is ultimately felt in the retail markets. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. vii. 59 The poorer shops of small retail traders in commodities to eat and drink and keep folks warm. 1926 Times 6 May 3/3 Coal is not being moved by rail, but retail distribution was being carried on in London yesterday. 1962 Listener 13 Sept. 376/2 Every famous jazz composer or retail-chain owner. 1970 New Society 5 Mar. 383/3 Retail margins (the difference between the price paid by the shopkeeper and the price paid by the consumer) had previously been gradually rising. 2002 M. Sullivan & D. Adcock Retail Marketing v. 111 The number of retail outlets in a given trade area will have an effect on potential demand. < as lemmas |
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