retail

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. The sale of goods or commodities in small quantities directly to consumers.
2. adj. Of, relating to, or engaged in the sale of goods or commodities at retail.
3. adv. In retail quantities.
4. adv. At a retail price.
5. v. To sell in small quantities directly to consumers.
6. v. To tell or repeat (gossip or stories, for example) to others.
7. v. To sell at retail.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The sale of commodities in small quantities or parcels, or at second hand; a dealing out in small portions: opposed to wholesale.
2. n. in small quantities; a little at a time, as in the sale of merchandise.
3. Of or pertaining to sale at retail; concerned with sale at retail: as, retail trade; a retail dealer.
4. To sell in small quantities or parcels.
5. To sell at second hand.
6. To deal out in small quantities; tell in broken parts; tell to many; tell again; hand down by report: as, to retail slander or idle reports.
7. n. Retaliation.

Wiktionary

1. n. The sale of goods directly to the consumer; encompassing the storefronts, mail-order, websites, etc., and the corporate mechanisms, branding, advertising, etc. that support them, which are involved in the business of selling and point-of-sale marketing retail goods to the public.
2. n. colloquial Retail price; full price; an abbreviated expression, meaning the full suggested price of a particular good or service, before any sale, discount, or other deal.
3. adj. Of, or relating to the (actual or figurative) sale of goods or services directly to individuals.
4. adv. Direct to consumers, in retail quantities, or at retail prices.
5. v. To sell at retail, or in small quantities directly to customers.
6. v. To repeat or circulate (news or rumours) to others.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. The sale of commodities in small quantities or parcels; -- opposed to wholesale; sometimes, the sale of commodities at second hand.
2. adj. 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.
4. v. Obs. or R. To sell at second hand.
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.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. the selling of goods to consumers; usually in small quantities and not for resale
2. adv. at a retail price
3. v. sell on the retail market
4. v. be sold at the retail level