retail
Noun
(–)
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.
- She works in retail .
(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.
- I never pay retail for clothes.
Adjective
(–)
Of, or relating to the (actual or figurative) sale of goods or services directly to individuals.
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Adverb
(head)
Direct to consumers, in retail quantities, or at retail prices.
- ”We’ve shut shown our reseller unit. We’re only selling retail now.
Verb
(en verb )
To sell at retail, or in small quantities directly to customers.
* 2005 , .
- a half part of this purveying is carried on within the city and is called retailing .
To repeat or circulate (news or rumours) to others.
* 1982 , (Lawrence Durrell), Constance”, Faber & Faber 2004 (”Avignon Quintet ), p. 762:
- He became quite pale as he retailed these stories to Constance.
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merchandise
English
Noun
(en-noun)
(uncountable) Commodities offered for sale.
- ”good business depends on having good merchandise
(countable) A commodity offered for sale; an article of commerce; a kind of merchandise.
(uncountable) The act or business of trading; trade; traffic.
Usage notes
* Adjectives often applied to “merchandise”: returned, used, damaged, stolen, assorted, lost, promotional, industrial, cheap, expensive, imported, good, inferior.
Synonyms
* wares
* product
Verb
(merchandis)
(archaic) To engage in trade; to carry on commerce.
- (Francis Bacon)
To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of goods, as by display and arrangement of goods.
- He started his career merchandising in a small clothing store chain.
(archaic) To engage in the trade of.
To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of.
- He got hired to merchandise some new sporting goods lines.
To promote as if for sale.
- The record companies don’t get as good a return on merchandising artists under contract.
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