Retail vs Commercial - What's the difference?
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The sale of goods directly to the consumer; encompassing the storefronts, mail-order, websites, etc., and the corporate mechanisms, branding, advertising, etc. that support them, which are involved in the business of selling and point-of-sale marketing retail goods to the public.
(colloquial) Retail price; full price; an abbreviated expression, meaning the full suggested price of a particular good or service, before any sale, discount, or other deal.
Of, or relating to the (actual or figurative) sale of goods or services directly to individuals.
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Direct to consumers, in retail quantities, or at retail prices.
To sell at retail, or in small quantities directly to customers.
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To repeat or circulate (news or rumours) to others.
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Of or pertaining to commerce.
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As nouns the difference between commercial and retail
is that commercial is an advertisement in a common media format, usually radio or television while retail is the sale of goods directly to the consumer; encompassing the storefronts, mail-order, websites, etc., and the corporate mechanisms, branding, advertising, etc. that support them, which are involved in the business of selling and point-of-sale marketing retail goods to the public.As adjectives the difference between commercial and retail
is that commercial is of or pertaining to commerce while retail is of, or relating to the (actual or figurative) sale of goods or services directly to individuals.As an adverb retail is
direct to consumers, in retail quantities, or at retail prices.As a verb retail is
to sell at retail, or in small quantities directly to customers.retail
English
(wikipedia retail)Noun
(-)- She works in retail .
- I never pay retail for clothes.
Derived terms
* retailerAdjective
(-)Adverb
(head)- ''We've shut shown our reseller unit. We're only selling retail now.
Verb
(en verb)- a half part of this purveying is carried on within the city and is called retailing .
- He became quite pale as he retailed these stories to Constance.
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Anagrams
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Hyponyms
* infomercialHypernyms
* advertisementAdjective
(en adjective)- A two minutes' walk brought Warwick--the name he had registered under, and as we shall call him--to the market-house, the central feature of Patesville, from both the commercial and the picturesque points of view.