retail
noun
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
have retailed
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present perfectof retail.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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A used men’s Snowshot Jacket in “great condition,” which would have retailed for $399 when it was new, was recently listed on the site for $266.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2022
It’s not the lowest price we’ve seen — the popular Samsung earbuds have retailed for just shy of $150 in the past — but it’s not far off, either.
From The Verge ● Oct. 11, 2021
For a corporate awards dinner in 2013, she rented a black, knee-length dress with long sleeves and gold lace embellishment that would have retailed for about $2,000.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 28, 2014
They have pretended to be planters, and have purchased pills from me in large quantities for use on the plantations, and then they have retailed the pills from their drug-shops.”
From The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages by P. T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum
The dealers in our city have retailed this season 50 tons Penobscot salmon, and about 3 tons Saint John salmon; it all sells as Penobscot salmon.
From New England Salmon Hatcheries and Salmon Fisheries in the Late 19th Century by Various
