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   retail

   /ˈriːteɪl/

   noun

   • 1. the sale of goods to the public in relatively small quantities for use or consumption rather than for resale: "the retail trade"

   adverb

   • 1. being sold by retail or at a retail price: "it is not yet available retail"

   verb

   • 1. sell (goods) to the public by retail: "the difficulties in retailing the new products"
   • ▪ (of goods) be sold by retail for (a specified price): "the product retails for around £20"
   • 2. relate or repeat (a story) in detail: "his inimitable way of retailing a diverting anecdote"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French use of Old French retaille ‘a piece cut off’, from retaillier, from re- (expressing intensive force) + tailler ‘to cut’.

   Scrabble Points: 6

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   • E

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   • T

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