retail

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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.
2.The sale of securities or other financial instruments to private investors, as opposed to large institutions.
- Mr. Musk reserved a double-digit percentage of the I.P.O. shares for “retail,” or ordinary, investors, as opposed to big institutions.
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)
- I never pay retail for clothes.

1.Of or relating to the (actual or figurative) sale of goods or services directly to individuals.
- But even with her level of celebrity, it would be very hard to win a race without engaging voters in a very retail way.
- "This is a very retail approach for us," Czerw said. "But when you buy one out of every six home loans in the US, you are going to have a constant flow .."

1.To repeat or circulate (news or rumours) to others.
- He became quite pale as he retailed these stories to Constance.
- He retailed to them the curious interchange of phrases he had overheard on the journey from Aleppo.
- The fantasies of blood libel that Bosnian Serbs retailed about Bosnian Muslims were the fantasies that Rhinelanders had centuries earlier retailed about the Jews they had murdered.
2.To sell at retail, or in small quantities directly to customers.

1.Direct to consumers, in retail quantities, or at retail prices.
- We've shut shown our reseller unit. We're only selling retail now.