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RETAIL , the See also:sale of goods or commodities in small quantities to the immediate consumer, opposed to a sale wholesale or in See also:gross . The O . Fr. retaille, from which the word is taken, meant a piece cut off, from tailler, to cut, Med . See also:Lat. taleare, Lat. talea, a See also:rod, cutting for planting . The See also:English meaning appears in Anglo-See also:French and in the See also:Italian retaglio, selling by the piece . |
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