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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
retail
    adv 1: at a retail price; "I'll sell it to you retail only"
           [ant: wholesale]
    n 1: the selling of goods to consumers; usually in small
         quantities and not for resale [ant: wholesale]
    v 1: be sold at the retail level; "These gems retail at
         thousands of dollars each"
    2: sell on the retail market [ant: wholesale]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Retail \Re"tail\ (r[=e]"t[=a]l), n. [F. retaille piece cut off,
   shred, paring, or OF. retail, from retailler. See Retail,
   v.]
   The sale of commodities in small quantities or parcels; --
   opposed to wholesale; sometimes, the sale of commodities at
   second hand.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Retail \Re"tail\, a.
   Done at retail; engaged in retailing commodities; as a retail
   trade; a retail grocer.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Retail \Re*tail"\ (r[-e]*t[=a]l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   Retailed;p. pr. & vb. n. Retailing.] [Cf. F. retailler to
   cut again; pref. re- re + tailler to cut. See Retail, n.,
   Tailor, and cf. Detail.]
   1. 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.
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   2. To sell at second hand. [Obs. or R.] --Pope.
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   3. 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. "To whom I will retail my conquest
      won." --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

            He is wit's peddler, and retails his wares
            At wakes and wassails.                --Shak.
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5. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
RETAIL. To sell by retail, is to sell by small parcels, and not in the 
gross. 5 N. S. 279. 



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