how to pronounce retail

/ˈɹiːˌtɛɪl/

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retail is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of retail in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… april of this year retail was up in the …”

meaning of retail

Retail is the process of selling goods or services to customers through a store.

retail frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word retail occurs in english on average 19.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.