retail

«retail» in Mova's school dictionary: Selling goods to the public in shops or online, usually… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun, uncountable (retail); verb (retail, retails, retailed, retailing); adjective/adverb (retail price, sell retail)

meaning for a pupil

1) Selling goods to the public in shops or online, usually in small amounts, for them to use. tree →

2) (verb) To be sold at a certain price: These shoes retail at $40. tree →

3) (informal) «Retail therapy» means shopping to cheer yourself up. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths shopping problems: the shop buys goods at a wholesale price and sells at the retail price; profit = retail price − wholesale price. In everyday life many adults work in retail (shops). Phrases: «retail price», «retail store», «work in retail», «retail therapy», «retails at».

examples

• Mum works in retail at a clothes shop. tree →
• The retail price of the toy is £15. tree →
• The shop buys pens for 20p and sells them retail for 50p: profit 30p each. tree →
• This game retails at $30. tree →
• Big retail stores are busy at holiday time. tree →
• "I need some retail therapy," joked my aunt. tree →

note

Opposite: wholesale (selling in large amounts to shops). Person/business: retailer. Pronounced REE-tail. Do not confuse with «re-tell» (tell again).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «retail» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.