retail

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the selling of goods to consumers; usually in small quantities and not for resale
verb be sold at the retail level
verb sell on the retail market

From the Old French verb retaillier.

"What do they retail at?" he asked. — Twenty Years of Hus'ling, J. P. (James Perry) Johnston
She retailed her conversation with the Superintendent. — The Seven Dials mystery, Agatha Christie
To a liquor store where they retail spirits. — The New Pun Book, Unknown

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