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