noun
[noncount] :the business of selling things directly to customers for their own use
adjective
relating to the business of selling things directly to customers for their own use
adverb
in a store that sells things directly to customers for their own use :from a retailer
verb
-tails; -tailed; -tailing
[+ obj] :to sell (something) to customers for their own use
[no obj] :to be sold to the final customer for a specified price
[+ obj] formal :to tell (something) to one person after another :to tell (something) again