RETAIL

n. a. v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The sale of commodities in small quantities or parcels; -- opposed to wholesale; sometimes, the sale of commodities at second hand.

2.
a.

Done at retail; engaged in retailing commodities; as a retail trade; a retail grocer.

3.
v.

To sell in small quantities, as by the single yard, pound, gallon, etc.; to sell directly to the consumer; as, to retail cloth or groceries.

4.
v.

To sell at second hand. [Obs. or R.] Pope.

5.
v.

To distribute in small portions or at second hand; to tell again or to many (what has been told or done); to report; as, to retail slander. "To whom I will retail my conquest won." Shak. He is wit's peddler, and retails his wares At wakes and wassails. Shak.


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