Retail vs. Bulk
Retailnoun
(business) 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.
Retailnoun
(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.
Retailadjective
Of or relating to the (actual or figurative) sale of goods or services directly to individuals.
Retailadverb
Direct to consumers, in retail quantities, or at retail prices.
Retailverb
To sell at retail, or in small quantities directly to customers.
Retailverb
(archaic) To sell secondhand, or in broken parts.
Retailverb
To repeat or circulate (news or rumours) to others.
Retailnoun
The sale of commodities in small quantities or parcels; - opposed to wholesale; sometimes, the sale of commodities at second hand.
Retailadjective
Done at retail; engaged in retailing commodities; as a retail trade; a retail grocer.
Retailverb
To sell in small quantities, as by the single yard, pound, gallon, etc.; to sell directly to the consumer; as, to retail cloth or groceries.
Retailverb
To sell at second hand.
Retailverb
To distribute in small portions or at second hand; to tell again or to many (what has been told or done); to report; as, to retail slander.
Retailnoun
the selling of goods to consumers; usually in small quantities and not for resale
Retailverb
be sold at the retail level;
Retailverb
sell on the retail market
Retailadjective
selling or related to selling direct to the consumer;
Retailadverb
at a retail price;
Retailnoun
the sale of goods to the public in relatively small quantities for use or consumption rather than for resale
Retailadverb
being sold by retail or at a retail price
Retailverb
sell (goods) to the public by retail
Retailverb
(of goods) be sold by retail for (a specified price)
Retailverb
relate or repeat (a story) in detail
Bulknoun
Size, specifically, volume.
Bulknoun
Any huge body or structure.
Bulknoun
The major part of something.
Bulknoun
The result of water retained by fibre.
Bulknoun
Unpackaged goods when transported in large volumes, e.g. coal, ore or grain.
Bulknoun
(countable) a cargo or any items moved or communicated in the manner of cargo.
Bulknoun
(bodybuilding) Excess body mass, especially muscle.
Bulknoun
(bodybuilding) A period where one tries to gain muscle.
Bulknoun
(brane cosmology) A hypothetical higher-dimensional space within which our own four-dimensional universe may exist.
Bulknoun
(obsolete) The body.
Bulkadjective
being large in size, mass or volume (of goods, etc.)
Bulkadjective
total
Bulkverb
(intransitive) To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent.
Bulkverb
(intransitive) To grow in size; to swell or expand.
Bulkverb
(intransitive) To gain body mass by means of diet, exercise, etc.
Bulkverb
(transitive) To put or hold in bulk.
Bulknoun
Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship of great bulk.
Bulknoun
The main mass or body; the largest or principal portion; the majority; as, the bulk of a debt.
Bulknoun
The cargo of a vessel when stowed.
Bulknoun
The body.
Bulknoun
A projecting part of a building.
Bulkverb
To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent; to swell.
Bulknoun
the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part;
Bulknoun
the property of something that is great in magnitude;
Bulknoun
the property possessed by a large mass
Bulkverb
stick out or up;
Bulkverb
cause to bulge or swell outwards
