1. retail - Noun
2. retail - Adjective
3. retail - Verb
4. retail - Adverb
The sale of commodities in small quantities or parcels; -- opposed to wholesale; sometimes, the sale of commodities at second hand.
Done at retail; engaged in retailing commodities; as a retail trade; a retail grocer.
To sell in small quantities, as by the single yard, pound, gallon, etc.; to sell directly to the consumer; as, to retail cloth or groceries.
To sell at second hand.
To distribute in small portions or at second hand; to tell again or to many (what has been told or done); to report; as, to retail slander.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe capitalist distribution network, a complex chain of factory, transport, warehouse and retail outlet, is one of the greatest male accomplishments in the history of culture. Camille Paglia
I believe more and more that this business is about people. People, people. The idea is to make friends at the retail level, the warehouse level, let people see you exist, can form sentences and have an interest in something other than yourself. David Lee Roth
Full service brokers, in this day and age of low cost mutual funds and discount brokers, are really nothing more than machines for ripping off retail investors. Joel Spolsky
Campaigning in Wyoming is politics at its most retail level. It's done one voter at a time. Mary Cheney
"Value added" is a meaningless concept for a retail business, for a bank, for a life insurance company, and for any other business which is not primarily engaged in manufacturing. Peter Drucker
Only fools pay retail. Klingon Proverb