retail

(rē'tāl')
n.
The sale of goods or commodities in small quantities directly to consumers.

adj.
Of, relating to, or engaged in the sale of goods or commodities at retail.

adv.

1. In retail quantities.
2. At a retail price.

v., -tailed, -tail·ing, -tails.

v.tr.

1. To sell in small quantities directly to consumers.
2. (also rĭ-tāl') To tell or repeat (gossip or stories, for example) to others.

v.intr.
To sell at retail.

[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, variant of Old French, piece cut off, from retaillier, to cut up : re-, re- + tailler, to cut; see tailor.]

retailer re'tail'er n.

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Business of selling products and services to the public as the ultimate consumer. Retailing involves selling many different products and services, either from a store location or in direct selling through vending machines and in-home presentations, mail order, and so on.

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verb

To offer for sale: deal (in), handle, market, merchandise, merchant, peddle, sell, trade (in), vend. See transactions.

A term describing businesses that sell goods directly to individuals. (Compare wholesale.)

IN BRIEF: n. - The selling of goods to consumers adj. - Selling or related to selling direct to the consumer.

The holiday season is the busiest time of the year in the retail industry.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - detail
adv. - detail-
v. tr. - sælge en detail
v. intr. - sælges en detail
adj. - detail-

idioms:

• retail price index    detailprisindeks

Nederlands (Dutch)
detailhandel, in het klein verkopen/verkocht worden

Français (French)
n. - vente au détail
adv. - au détail
v. tr. - (Comm) vendre (qch) au détail, colporter
v. intr. - se vendre au détail de
adj. - au détail

idioms:

• retail price index    indice des prix à la consommation

Deutsch (German)
n. - Einzelhandelsabsatz
v. - im Einzelhandel verkaufen, im Einzelhandel kosten, weitererzählen
adj. - Einzelhandels...
adv. - im kleinen

idioms:

• retail price index    Preisindex des Einzelhandels

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - λιανική πώληση
v. - πωλώ/-ούμαι λιανικώς, διαδίδω (ειδήσεις)
adj. - λιανικός, μεταπρατικός

idioms:

• retail price index    (οικον.) δείκτης τιμών λιανικής

Italiano (Italian)
vendere al dettaglio

idioms:

• retail price index    indice dei prezzi al minuto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - varejo (m)
v. - vender a varejo
adj. - varejista

idioms:

• retail price index    índice de preço a varejo

Русский (Russian)
продавать в розницу

idioms:

• retail price index    индекс потребительских цен

Español (Spanish)
n. - menudeo, venta al por menor
adv. - al por menor, al menudeo
v. tr. - vender al por menor, menudear
v. intr. - vender al por menor, menudear
adj. - al por menor, al menudeo

idioms:

• retail price index    índice de precios al consumo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - detaljhandel
v. - sälja i minut
adj. - detalj-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
零售, 以零售方式, 以零售价格, 零售的

idioms:

• retail price index    零售价格指数

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 零售
adv. - 以零售方式, 以零售價格
v. tr. - 零售
v. intr. - 零售
adj. - 零售的

idioms:

• retail price index    零售價格指數

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 소매, 산매
adv. - 소매로
v. tr. - 소매하다, 퍼뜨리다
v. intr. - 소매되다
adj. - 소매의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 小売り, 小売店
adj. - 小売りの
adv. - 小売りで
v. - 小売りする, 詳しく話す, …で小売りされる, 言いふらす, 小売りされる

idioms:

• retail price index    小売物価指数

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) البيع بالتجزئه (فعل) يبيع بالتجزئه (صفه) بمقادير قليله, تجزئي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קמעונות‬
adv. - ‮בקמעונות‬
v. tr. - ‮מכר בקמעונות, חזר על, הפיץ רכילות‬
v. intr. - ‮נמכר בקמעונות‬
adj. - ‮קמעוני‬

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