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Synonyms for retail

Grammar : Verb
Spell : ree-teyl for 1–4, 6; ri-teyl for 5
Phonetic Transcription : ˈri teɪl for 1–4, 6; rɪˈteɪl for 5


Définition of retail

Origin :
  • mid-14c. "sell in small quantities or parcels," from Old French retaillier "cut back, cut off, pare, clip, reduce, circumcise," from re- "back" (see re-) + taillier "to cut, trim" (see tailor (n.)). Sometimes also "to deal out (information, etc.) in small quantities; hand down by report; recount, tell over again" (1590s). Related: Retailed; retailing.
  • verb sell
Example sentences :
  • Even the retail trade could not escape the omniscience of this control.
  • Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
  • Our friend concludes that it is cheaper to lend umbrellas by retail.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 3, April 16, 1870 » by Various
  • Retail dealers, costermongers, and greengrocers were making their purchases in haste.
  • Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
  • There is to be no retail trade either in these or any other articles.
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
  • This shall be the second law: He who engages in retail trade must be either a metic or a stranger.
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
  • After the practices of adulteration naturally follow the practices of retail trade.
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
  • The course of retail prices corroborates these results also.
  • Extract from : « Herbert Hoover » by Vernon Kellogg
  • “Them terms of retail and wholesale is my own,” said Mr. Gubb.
  • Extract from : « Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective » by Ellis Parker Butler
  • “I am a gentleman, not a chapman,” (a retail tradesman) said Jack, superciliously.
  • Extract from : « Clare Avery » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • We like to know what we're doing when we buy pearl necklaces at retail.
  • Extract from : « Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York » by Lemuel Ely Quigg

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