retail

Meanings

Noun

• The sale of goods directly to the consumer, encompassing the storefronts, mail-order, websites, etc., and the corporate mechanisms, branding, advertising, etc. that support them.
• Retail price; full price; an abbreviated expression, meaning the full suggested price of a particular good or service, before any sale, discount, or other deal.

Adjective

• Of or relating to the (actual or figurative) sale of goods or services directly to individuals.

Adverb

• Direct to consumers, in retail quantities, or at retail prices.

Verb

• To sell at retail, or in small quantities directly to customers.
• To sell secondhand, or in broken parts.
• To repeat or circulate (news or rumours) to others.

Related

Opposite words

• wholesale

Origin

• From the Old French verb retaillier.