retail1

noun

/ˈriːteɪl/

[uncountable]

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the selling of goods to the public, usually through shops
- The recommended retail price is £9.99.
- department stores and other retail outlets
- the retail trade
compare wholesale
Extra Examples
- producing goods for retail
- profits in the company's high street retail outlets
Topics Businessb2, Shoppingb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Retail is used before these nouns:
analyst
banking
business
…
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Word Originlate Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French use of Old French retaille ‘a piece cut off’, from retaillier, from re- (expressing intensive force) + tailler ‘to cut’.

retail1

adverb

/ˈriːteɪl/

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by or to the public, usually through shops
- to buy/sell retail
compare wholesale (1)Topics Shoppingc1

retail1

verb

/ˈriːteɪl/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they retail	/ˈriːteɪl/ /ˈriːteɪl/
he / she / it retails	/ˈriːteɪlz/ /ˈriːteɪlz/
past simple retailed	/ˈriːteɪld/ /ˈriːteɪld/
past participle retailed	/ˈriːteɪld/ /ˈriːteɪld/
-ing form retailing	/ˈriːteɪlɪŋ/ /ˈriːteɪlɪŋ/

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[transitive] retail something to sell goods to the public, usually through shops
- The firm manufactures and retails its own range of sportswear.
Topics Shoppingc1
[intransitive] retail at/for something (business) to be sold at a particular price
- The book retails at £14.95.
Topics Shoppingc1

Word Originlate Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French use of Old French retaille ‘a piece cut off’, from retaillier, from re- (expressing intensive force) + tailler ‘to cut’.

retail2

verb

/rɪˈteɪl/

(formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they retail	/rɪˈteɪl/ /rɪˈteɪl/
he / she / it retails	/rɪˈteɪlz/ /rɪˈteɪlz/
past simple retailed	/rɪˈteɪld/ /rɪˈteɪld/
past participle retailed	/rɪˈteɪld/ /rɪˈteɪld/
-ing form retailing	/rɪˈteɪlɪŋ/ /rɪˈteɪlɪŋ/

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retail something (to somebody) to tell people about something, especially about a person’s behaviour or private life synonym recount1
- She retailed the neighbours' activities with relish.

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