retailing

Related to retailing: wholesaling

retail at (something)

To sell (some product or item) directly to consumers at a particular price. A noun or pronoun can be used between "retail" and "at" to indicate the item being sold. The computer normally retails at $1,200, but it's currently on sale for $900. What price are you planning to retail your product at?
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retail for (something)

To sell (some product or item) directly to consumers at a particular price. A noun or pronoun can be used between "retail" and "for" to indicate the item being sold. The computer normally retails for $1,200, but it's currently on sale for $900. What price are you planning to retail your product for?
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retail to (someone or something)

1. To sell (some product or item) directly to consumers in small batches or quantities. A noun or pronoun can be used between "retail" and "to" to indicate the item being sold. The plan is to scale up to mass production and begin retailing to customers as early as next fall. We need to start retailing our products to a larger portion of the country if we want to start making a significant profit.
2. dated To relate or repeat the details of some account to someone. A noun or pronoun is used between "retail" and "to." She retailed all the various gossip to the women with whom she worked. I've never committed this scandalous story to paper before now, though I've retailed it to many of my closest friends and family.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • assess at
  • angle
  • angling
  • not do (someone or oneself) any favors
  • identify with
  • involve with
  • involve with (someone or something)
  • involved with
  • arrange for
  • arrange some music for
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