RETA'IL, RETAIL, verb transitive 1. To sell in small quantities or parcels, from the sense of cutting or dividing; opposed to selling by wholesale; as, to retail cloth or groceries. 2. To sell at second hand. 3. To tell in broken parts; to tell to many; as, to retail slander or idle reports. RE'TAIL, noun The sale of commodities in small quantities or parcels, or at second hand.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI