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
- 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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