retail
noun
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
had retailed
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past perfectof retail.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The family is now down to their last tube and Ms Rabbett has hit out at online sellers charging £30 for a product which had retailed for less than £6.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2025
I demanded when I had retailed the conversation to him that evening.
From A Woman of Genius by Mary Hunter Austin
“Oh, it was too delicious!” exclaimed Phillis, when she had retailed this interview for Nan’s and Dulce’s benefit.
From Not Like Other Girls by Rosa Nouchette Carey
He had not seen the Marchese Ludovico in the course of the day, and was curious to find out what had been the result of the eavesdropping that he had retailed to the Marchese Lamberto.
From A Siren by Thomas Adolphus Trollope
However, the cook had given him something else besides an insult—he had retailed gossip which kept the young man's thoughts busy.
From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Holman Day
