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An example use of retail in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… euros off the retail price so I'll put …”
Retail is the process of selling goods or services to customers through a store.
the word retail occurs in english on average 21 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.