See Also: Retail(money)
RETAIL(finance)
RETAIL(law)
retail(1)(dictionary)
retail(2)(dictionary)
retail 2, verb(dictionary)
retail 3, adverb(dictionary)
Retail price(finance)
Retail banking(finance)
Retail house(finance)

retail(1) (iou)



retail noun, adjective, & adverb. LME.
[Anglo-Norman (Anglo-Latin retallia, also in ad retalliam vendere sell by retail), spec. use of Old French retaille piece cut off, shred, from retaillier, from re- RE- + taillier cut (see TAIL verb1).]
A. noun.
The sale to the public of goods in relatively small quantities, and usu. not for resale. Freq. opp. wholesale. LME.
A detail. M-L17.
A retailer, a retail dealer. M19.
b. attrib. or as adjective.
Of or pertaining to the retailing of goods; sold by retail. E17.
Parcelled out; piecemeal. Also, petty, trivial. Long rare or obsolete. M17.
Special collocations & comb.: retail park (orig. US) an out-of-town shopping development, usu. containing a number of large chain stores. retail price index an index of the variation in the prices of retail goods. retail price maintenance = RESALE price maintenance. retail therapy joc. the practice of shopping in order to make oneself more cheerful.
C. adverb. By retail; at a retail price. L18.