retailnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈriː.teɪl/us/ˈriː.teɪl/C1 the activity of selling goods to the public, usually in shops:
The job is open to applicants with over two years' experience in retail.
The clothing company has six retail outlets (= shops) in Perth.
$13 off the manufacturer's recommended retail price
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wholesale adjective adverb
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- The retail group outbid all three competitors for space in the shopping centre.
- Shares in retail businesses were marked up on the news that consumer spending rose last month.
- Christmas will not be enough to save the retail industry.
- Large retail chains are usually only prepared to locate stores in areas of high population density.
- It's the latest American retail giant to cross the Atlantic.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Selling
- auction
- bake sale
- bundle
- chain of production
- divest
- export
- package
- pile it high and sell it cheap idiom
- price yourself out of the market idiom
- privatize
- purvey
- realizable
- realization
- serve
- shift
- telesales
- tout
- undercharge
- unsold
- upsell
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retailverb [ T ]
uk/ˈriː.teɪl/us/ˈriː.teɪl/to sell goods to the public in shops, on the internet, etc.:
The company makes and retails moderately priced sportswear.
retail at/for sth
to be sold at a particular price:
This laptop retails at £850.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Selling
- auction
- bake sale
- bundle
- chain of production
- divest
- export
- package
- pile it high and sell it cheap idiom
- price yourself out of the market idiom
- privatize
- purvey
- realizable
- realization
- serve
- shift
- telesales
- tout
- undercharge
- unsold
- upsell
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retail
adverb ukus
It's much cheaper to buy wholesale than retail.