[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

retail \re"tail\ r=e"t=al, 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.
   1913 webster
see also:
retail wholesale 

[2] : 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.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

retail \retail"\ r-et=al", 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.
      1913 webster

   2. to sell at second hand. obs. or r. --pope.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
retailed retailing retail tailor detail 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

retail
     adj : selling or related to selling direct to the consumer;
           "retail trade"; "retail business"; "retail price" ant:
            wholesale
     n : the selling of goods to consumers; usually in small
         quantities and not for resale ant: wholesale
     adv : at a retail price; "i'll sell it to you retail only" 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
see also:
wholesale 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

110 moby thesaurus words for "retail":
   battologize, be in, bestrew, bill of sale, broadcast, business,
   carry, circumfuse, close out, commercial, convert into cash,
   cut under, deal in, deal out, demand, diffract, diffuse, dispense,
   disperse, dispread, disseminate, distribute, diverge, dump,
   effect a sale, fan out, fill, give an encore, go over, go through,
   handle, industrial, issue, iterate, job, make a sale, market,
   marketing, mass market, mercantile, merchandise, merchandising,
   merchant, move, outlet, overscatter, oversow, overspread, pad,
   practice, propagate, publish, radiate, reaffirm, reassert,
   recapitulate, recite, recount, rehash, rehearse, reissue,
   reiterate, reprint, resell, restate, resume, retailing, retell,
   review, reword, run over, sacrifice, sale, sales, say over,
   say over again, scatter, sell, sell off, sell on consignment,
   sell out, sell over, sell retail, sell short, sell up,
   sell wholesale, selling, sow, sow broadcast, splay, spread,
   spread out, strew, sum up, summarize, tautologize, tie-in, trade,
   trade in, trading, traffic in, turn into money, turn over,
   turnover, undercut, undersell, unload, utter, wholesale,
   wholesaling

[6] : 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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