retail
/ˈriːteɪl/noun
उच्चारण रीटेल
खुदरा बिक्री
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as synonym
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[U]
the selling of goods to the public, usually through shops
खुदरा बिक्री
- the retail sector
- The festival season is a busy time for the retail trade.
- Retail prices went up before the festival.
+ 2 more examples
- He works in retail and manages a clothing shop.
- Online shopping has changed the retail business.
Synonyms selling sales trade commerce
Opposite wholesale
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[I, T] ~ (sth) (at/for sth)
to be sold at a particular price; to sell goods to the public
खुदरा बेचना
- This phone retails at ten thousand rupees.
- This shirt retails for nearly eight hundred rupees in the city.
- The tablet retails at around fifteen thousand rupees.
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- These sweets retail for about two hundred rupees a box.
- The book retailed at a very low price when it first appeared.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
retail (adjective) + noun
Before a noun, retail describes selling directly to customers: retail price, retail shop, retail trade.
Noun से पहले 'retail' ग्राहकों को सीधे बेचने का भाव देता है: retail price, retail shop, retail trade।
- The retail price is printed on the packet.
- Her uncle runs a retail shop near the bus stand.
sell + sth + retail
As an adverb, retail comes after the verb and object without in or at.
Adverb के रूप में 'retail' verb और object के बाद आता है; इसके साथ 'in' या 'at' नहीं लगता।
- The company sells its tea retail as well as wholesale.
retail + at / for + price
As a verb, retail takes at or for with the price and is rarely used in the continuous form.
Verb के रूप में 'retail' के साथ कीमत बताने के लिए 'at' या 'for' आता है।
- The book retails at three hundred rupees.
- These shoes retail for under a thousand.
in retail / work in retail
The noun retail without an article names the business sector, and in is used for working in it.
बिना article के noun 'retail' व्यापार के क्षेत्र का नाम है, और उसमें काम करने के लिए 'in' आता है।
- Radhika started her career in retail.
- Online shopping has changed retail in India.
+Collocations 4
retail + noun
priceoutletchainsectortrade
- The retail price includes all taxes.
adjective + retail
onlineorganisedhigh-streetglobalsmall-scale
- Organised retail is growing fast in our cities.
retail vs wholesale
retail and wholesalewholesale to retailretail rather than wholesaleretail marginretail demand
- The retail margin on rice is very small.
verb + retail
work inenterinvest inexpand intomove into
- The company wants to expand into retail.
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- My cousin works as a manager in a large retail chain.
मेरा चचेरा भाई एक बड़ी retail श्रृंखला में मैनेजर के रूप में काम करता है।
- The shopkeeper buys sacks of wheat wholesale and sells it retail.
दुकानदार गेहूँ के बोरे थोक में खरीदता है और खुदरा बेचता है।
- Retail sales rose sharply during the festival season.
त्योहारों के मौसम में खुदरा बिक्री में तेज़ वृद्धि हुई।
- The new phone retails at twenty thousand rupees.
नया फ़ोन बीस हज़ार रुपये की खुदरा कीमत पर बिकता है।
- Many small retail traders fear competition from online shops.
कई छोटे खुदरा व्यापारी online दुकानों की प्रतिस्पर्धा से डरते हैं।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ He sells vegetables in retail.
✓ He sells vegetables retail.
Retail is an adverb here and needs no preposition after sell.
यहाँ 'retail' adverb है; 'sell' के बाद preposition नहीं लगता।
✗ The phone is retailing in ten thousand rupees.
✓ The phone retails at ten thousand rupees.
Use at or for with a price; retail is not normally used in the continuous form.
कीमत के साथ 'at' या 'for' आता है; 'retail' प्रायः continuous रूप में नहीं आता।
✗ Do not pay more than the retailing price.
✓ Do not pay more than the retail price.
The adjective is retail; retailing is a different word for the business of selling.
Adjective 'retail' है; 'retailing' बेचने के व्यापार के लिए अलग शब्द है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These words describe different stages of selling goods.
ये शब्द माल बेचने के अलग-अलग चरण बताते हैं।
Selling in small quantities directly to the public.
जनता को सीधे थोड़ी मात्रा में बेचना।
- He opened a retail shop.
Selling in large quantities, usually to shops that then sell on.
बड़ी मात्रा में, प्रायः दुकानदारों को, बेचना जो आगे बेचते हैं।
- The wholesale market opens at dawn.
◇Word family
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
A person or shop that sells to the public is a retailer; one that sells in large amounts to shops a wholesaler; one who makes goods a manufacturer; the chain of businesses from maker to buyer the supply chain.
जनता को बेचने वाला व्यक्ति या दुकान retailer (खुदरा विक्रेता); दुकानों को बड़ी मात्रा में बेचने वाला wholesaler; सामान बनाने वाला manufacturer; निर्माता से खरीदार तक व्यवसायों की कड़ी supply chain।
General knowledge
Retail inflation in India is measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI); wholesale inflation by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI).
भारत में खुदरा मुद्रास्फीति उपभोक्ता मूल्य सूचकांक (CPI) से मापी जाती है; थोक मुद्रास्फीति थोक मूल्य सूचकांक (WPI) से।