retailing
noun
Simple meaning
The activities involved in selling commodities directly to consumers.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
reetaylingSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈɹiteɪlɪŋ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
The activities involved in selling commodities directly to consumers
The business of selling directly to the consumer; retail.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
This meaning: The activities involved in selling commodities directly to consumers
Used this way, retailing is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use retailing
- “Online retailing has changed the way many people shop for clothes and goods.”
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