1365–7 Hist. MSS Comm.: 10th Rep.: App. Pt. V: MSS Marquis of Ormonde &c. (1885) 292 in Parl. Papers 1884–5 (C. 4576-I) XLII. 1 The retailyng or salis of the commene wyne callid prisage.

1449–50 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1449 §59. m. 19 Diverse ostillers, bruers, and other vitellers, kepyng ostriez and other houses of retaillyng of vitaillez..have purchaced lettres patentz.

1473 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 471 Item, jn retaylyng off woode theere it weere harde to tryst hym, he is nedye.

1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. E4^v You will..sel them to poore shomakers at an vnreasonable rate, by your false retailing.

1609 T. Dekker Guls Horne-bk. sig. E2^v When your Groundling..buyes his sport by the penny, and, like a Hagler, is glad to vtter it againe by retailing.

1677 J. Davies tr. P. Scarron Lett. xxii. 61 Julian Colas the most insolent person that ever got his livelihood by the retayling of Bread and Wine.

1724 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1886) II. 54 That..Hopkins be stopp'd from going on in retailing.

1736 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 632/1 The Retailing of Punch will be confined to Houses where other strong Liquors are by Licence to be sold.

1839 R. Dawes Nix's Mate I. v. 123 They seated themselves on some barrels which contained sugar and flour for retailing.

1851 E. Bennett Rosalie Du Pont x. 48 A number of sutlers..appeared to be doing a thriving business, in the retailing of cakes, confectionary, and liquors.

1914 F. M. Ford Between St. Dennis & St. George i. ii. 27 I am not saying that..the retailing of gossip about Sir Edward Grey and the German Emperor is not an agreeable pastime.

1962 H. O. Beecheno Introd. Business Stud. xi. 101 Self-service is..a very suitable form of retailing for pre-weighed or measured, pre-packed goods.

2005 J. Dicker United States of Wal-Mart iii. 75 In retailing the big question had to do with another acronym: ROI (return on investment).

?1582 in R. H. Tawney & E. Power Tudor Econ. Documents (1924) II. 65 Gyppes ys a Retayllinge Lynnen draper.

1588 H. Oldcastle & J. Mellis Briefe Instr. Accompts sig. Fv All such goods which daily you put to the retailing shoppe.

1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 463 Which I may call the keeping of a retayling or standing shop.

1678 T. Duffett Psyche Debauch'd i. i. 10 Come, come, wed rich retailing Prince; be Great, Sit finely drest in Shop, serve God, and cheat.

1706 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus I. vii. 25 Some Jilts in Tally'd Furbulows..New powder'd, patch'd, and painted o'er, The Marks of a retailing Whore, Came jutting by.

1781 A. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 402 The retailing vendues, which are tolerated here, ruin the shop-keepers.

1836 G. S. White Mem. S. Slater ix. 354 Retailing merchants sought for the cotton cleaned by Whitney's gin, because it was greatly preferred by their customers.

1891 A. Baxter Hist. City of Grand Rapids lxiii. 728/2 Fifty-seven retailing establishments for the trade in pills and other apothecary stuffs.

1941 Univ. Pennsylvania Law Rev. 89 988 The very same model could be purchased at a lower price in almost any large retailing store.

1983 G. Shaw in T. Wild Urban & Rural Change in W. Germany 118 The Verbrauchermärkte are financed not only by major retailing companies, but..from capital provided by industry.

2005 P. Jobling Man Appeal iii. 44 There was a higher concentration of retailing outlets in the capital than any other town.