I. re ‧ tail 1 /ˈriːteɪl/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]
the sale of goods in shops to customers, for their own use and not for selling to anyone else ⇨ wholesale
the retail trade/business
a manager with twenty years’ experience in the retail business
retail outlet/shop/store/chain
We are looking for more retail outlets for our products.
a retail price of £8.99
The retail value would be around $500.
Retail sales fell by 1.3% in January.
II. re ‧ tail 2 /ˈriːteɪl/ BrE AmE verb
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: retaillier 'to divide into pieces' , from taillier 'to cut' ]
1 . [intransitive] technical to be sold for a particular price in a shop
retail at/for
The wine retails at £6.95 a bottle.
The decoder is expected to retail for under $300.
2 . [transitive] technical to sell goods in shops:
Their products are retailed all over Britain.
III. re ‧ tail 3 /ˈrɪˈteɪl $ rɪˈteɪl, ˈriːteɪl/ BrE AmE verb
[transitive] formal to give other people private information about someone or something
IV. re ‧ tail 4 /ˈriːteɪl/ BrE AmE adverb
if you buy or sell something retail, you buy or sell it in a shop:
We only deal with wholesalers – we don’t sell any of our goods retail.