{
    "term": "retail",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the selling of goods to the public, usually through shops",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The recommended **retail price** is £9.99."
                },
                {
                    "text": "department stores and other **retail outlets**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **retail trade**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "producing goods for retail"
                },
                {
                    "text": "profits in the company's high street retail outlets"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Business", "Shopping"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈriːteɪl/",
                "audio": "re/retail/retail__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈriːteɪl/",
                "audio": "re/retail/retail__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French use of Old French retaille ‘a piece cut off’, from retaillier, from re- (expressing intensive force) + tailler ‘to cut’."
}