Sell+in+small+quantities

  • 1re|tail — «noun, adjective, adverb, v.t. 1, intransitive verb. REE tayl; v.t. 2 rih TAYL», noun, adjective, adverb, verb. –n. the sale of goods in small quantities at a time, directly to the consumer: »Our grocer buys at wholesale and sells at retail. –adj …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 2retail — I. verb Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to sell in small quantities directly to the ultimate consumer 2. tell, retell intransitive verb to sell at retail • retailer noun II. noun …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 3retail — I verb To sell by small quantities, in broken lots or parcels, not in bulk, directly to consumer. Sales made in minimal quantities to ultimate consumer to meet personal needs, rather than for commercial or industrial users. Witco Chemical Corp. v …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 4Retail — 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… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 5Retailed — 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… …

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  • 6Retailing — 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… …

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  • 7retail — [14] Retail etymologically denotes the sale of ‘cut off’ bits, hence sale in small quantities. It comes from Old French retaille ‘piece cut off’, a derivative of retaillier ‘cut up’. This was a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix re… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 8retail — [14] Retail etymologically denotes the sale of ‘cut off’ bits, hence sale in small quantities. It comes from Old French retaille ‘piece cut off’, a derivative of retaillier ‘cut up’. This was a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix re… …

    Word origins

  • 9retail — v. a. 1. Sell in small quantities. 2. Deal out in small portions …

    New dictionary of synonyms

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