retail
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Case Law, U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889)
Definitions from Case Law
From 326 U.S. 657 - Roland Electrical Co. v. Walling · 1946Most cited · 558 citing opinions
The sale of commodities in small quantities or parcels;—opposed to wholesale.' The verb 'retail' means '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.' Webster's New International Dictionary, Unabridged (2d ed., 1938).
United States Code
33 U.S.C. § 2402 — for purposes of this chapter
The term “retail” means the transfer of title to tangible personal property other than for resale, after manufacturing or processing.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
To sell by small parcels, and not in the gross. 5 Mart. (La.; N. S.) 279; 7 Mete. (Mass.) 308.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
To sell by small parcels, and not in the gross. Com. v. Kimball, 7 Mete. (Mass.) 308.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
To sell by small parcels, and not in the gross. To sell in small quantities. State v. Lowenhaught, 11 Lea (Tenn.) 13; Bridges v. State, 37 Ark. 224; McArthur v. State, 69 Ga. 444; Com. v. Kimball, 7 Mete, (Mass.) 308.
— Retailer of merchandise. A merchant who buys articles in gross or merchandise in large quantities, and sells the same by single articles or in small quantities.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
To sell in small quantities.i To sell by small parcels or quantities, and not in the gross; as, to sell half a pint of alcohol at once.2 Retail dealer. One who sells by small quantities, to suit customers, articles which are bought in larger amounts.' A "wholesale dealer" sells in gross, not by the small quantity or parcel.* See Merchant. To constitute the offense of carrying on the business of a retail liquor dealer without having paid the special tax required by United States law, the accused must have procured the liquor sold with intent to retail it, or, having it on hand, formed the intent to retail it,' and carried out that intent by one or more acts.* Gratuitously distributing ardent spirits at a public, gaming-table does not constitute the keeper of the table a retailer of spirituous liquors."