transcription, транскрипция: [ ri:teɪl ]
( retails, retailing, retailed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Retail is the activity of selling goods direct to the public, usually in small quantities. Compare wholesale . ( BUSINESS )
...retail stores...
Retail sales grew just 3.8 percent last year.
N-UNCOUNT : usu N n
2.
If something is sold retail , it is sold in ordinary shops direct to the public. ( BUSINESS )
ADV : ADV after v
3.
If an item in a shop retails at or for a particular price, it is on sale at that price. ( BUSINESS )
It originally retailed at £23.50.
= sell
VERB : V at/for n
see also retailing