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retailed

retailed is the simple past and past participle of retail.

Meaning of retail

Verb

retail (third-person singular simple present retails, present participle retailing, simple past and past participle retailed)

  1. To sell at retail, or in small quantities directly to customers.
    • a half part of this purveying is carried on within the city and is called retailing.2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 223d
  2. (archaic) To sell secondhand, or in broken parts.
  3. To repeat or circulate (news or rumours) to others.
    • He retailed to them the curious interchange of phrases he had overheard on the journey from Aleppo.1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 12, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 157

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Questions about retailed

What is retailed the simple past and past participle of?
Retailed is the simple past and past participle of retail.

Words near retailed in the dictionary

  1. retail prices
  2. retail theft
  3. retail therapy
  4. retailability
  5. retailable
  6. retailed
  7. retailer
  8. retailers
  9. retailing
  10. retailings
  11. retailment

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