Report vs Retail - What's the difference?
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, title= (label) To repeat (something one has heard), to retell; to pass on, convey (a message, information etc.).
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(label) Formally to notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of.
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(label) To make a formal statement, especially of complaint, about (someone).
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(label) To show up or appear at an appointed time; to present oneself.
(label) To write news reports (for); to cover as a journalist or reporter.
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(label) To be accountable.
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To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred.
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To take minutes of (a speech, the doings of a public body, etc.); to write down from the lips of a speaker.
(label) To refer.
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*:Baldwin, his son,succeeded his father; so like unto him that we report the reader to the character of King Almeric, and will spare the repeating his description.
To return or repeat, as sound; to echo.
*(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
*:a church with windows only form above, that reporteth the voice thirteen times
A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with the most common adpositions being by (referring to creator of the report) and on (referring to the subject.
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(ballistics ) The sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion.
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an employee whose position in a corporate hierarchy is below that of a particular manager
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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As nouns the difference between report and retail
is that report is report (all senses) 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 an adjective 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.report
English
(wikipedia report)Verb
(en verb)Avian Migration: The Ultimate Red-Eye Flight, passage=Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported
Derived terms
* reporter * underreportNoun
(en noun)- A report by the telecommunications ministry on the phone network revealed a severe capacity problem.
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- While their masters, the mates, seemed afraid of the sound of the hinges of their own jaws, the harpooneers chewed their food with such a relish that there was a report to it.
- ...a pistol-shot, flash and report , came from the hedge-side.
Derived terms
* (piece of information) on report, report card * (employee) direct report, indirect reportretail
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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