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retail

/ˈɹiˌteɪl/ verb C2
  1. To sell at retail, or in small quantities directly to customers.
  2. To repeat or circulate (news or rumours) to others.

He/she/it retails · Past retailed · Past participle retailed · -ing form retailing

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Verb forms

Base form
retail
He/she/it
retails
Past
retailed
Past participle
retailed
-ing form
retailing

From the library

Through a cousin who works with Gelder, he found out the retail firms who had bought the busts.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 96 · C1
Philips a very attentive listener, whose opinion of his consequence increased with what she heard, and who was resolving to retail it all among her neighbours as soon as she could.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 84 · B2
“I have already told you that we do not sell at retail.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1083 · C1
The hidden costs certainly do not stop when the clothes finally leave the retail store.
The True Cost of a Cheap T-Shirt, p. 1 · B2

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