retail

Noun

Singular retail

Plural retails

A shop selling lobsters retail

1. Retail is selling things, usually in small amounts.

   She owned a retail store, selling clothes in the main street.

Verb

Plain form retail

Third-person singular retails

Past tense retailed

Past participle retailed

Present participle retailing

1. To retail is to sell in small amounts.

   By buying CD players in bulk, he made a profit retailing them.

Adverb

Positive retail

Comparative none

Superlative none

1. Retail is a way of selling goods.

   He bought large amounts cheaply and then sold them retail to people.

Antonym

• wholesale