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retail

/ˈɹiˌteɪl/ noun B1
  1. 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. (uncountable) · She works in retail.
  2. The sale of securities or other financial instruments to private investors, as opposed to large institutions. (uncountable)
  3. 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. (colloquial, uncountable) · I never pay retail for clothes.
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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
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
“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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