retailer

UK: /ˈriːteɪlə^r/

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

re•tail /ˈriteɪl/   n. [uncountable]

1. the sale of goods to individual consumers.

adj. [before a noun]

2. of or relating to working in sales at retail.

adv. 

3. in a retail quantity or at a retail price:
   These sell at $50 retail.

v. 

4. to (cause to) be sold directly to the consumer: [~ + object]
   to retail hardware goods.
   [no object]
   These shoes normally retail at $50 a pair.

re•tail•er, n. [countable] See -tail-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

re•tail  (rē′tāl for 1–4, 6; ri tāl′ for 5), n. 

1. the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).

adj. 

2. pertaining to, connected with, or engaged in sale at retail:
   the retail price.

adv. 

3. in a retail quantity or at a retail price.

v.t. 

4. to sell at retail;
   sell directly to the consumer.
5. to relate or repeat in detail to others:
   to retail scandal.

v.i. 

6. to be sold at retail:
   It retails at 50 cents.

• Old French retailler
• Anglo-French: a cutting, derivative of retailler to cut, equivalent. to re- re- + tailler to cut (see tail²); (verb, verbal) Middle English retailen
• (noun, nominal) late Middle English 1375–1425

re′tail•er, n.