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Retail vs. Bulk

Retail and Bulk Definitions

Retail

The sale of goods or commodities in small quantities directly to consumers.

Bulk

Size, mass, or volume, especially when very large.

Retail

Of, relating to, or engaged in the sale of goods or commodities at retail.

Bulk

A distinct mass or portion of matter, especially a large one
The dark bulk of buildings against the sky.

Retail

In retail quantities.

Bulk

The body of a human, especially when large or muscular.
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Retail

At a retail price.

Bulk

The major portion or greater part
"The great bulk of necessary work can never be anything but painful" (Bertrand Russell).

Retail

To sell in small quantities directly to consumers.

Bulk

See fiber.

Retail

(also rĭ-tāl) To tell or repeat (gossip or stories, for example) to others.

Bulk

Thickness of paper or cardboard in relation to weight.
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Retail

To sell at retail.

Bulk

A ship's cargo.

Retail

(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.
She works in retail.

Bulk

To be or appear to be massive in terms of size, volume, or importance; loom
Safety considerations bulked large during development of the new spacecraft.

Retail

(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.
I never pay retail for clothes.

Bulk

To grow or increase in size or importance.
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Retail

Of or relating to the (actual or figurative) sale of goods or services directly to individuals.

Bulk

To cohere or form a mass
Certain paper bulks well.

Retail

Direct to consumers, in retail quantities, or at retail prices.
We've shut shown our reseller unit. We're only selling retail now.

Bulk

To cause to swell or expand.

Retail

To sell at retail, or in small quantities directly to customers.

Bulk

To cause to cohere or form a mass.

Retail

(archaic) To sell secondhand, or in broken parts.

Bulk

Being large in mass, quantity, or volume
A bulk buy.
A bulk mailing.

Retail

To repeat or circulate (news or rumours) to others.

Bulk

Size, specifically, volume.

Retail

The sale of commodities in small quantities or parcels; - opposed to wholesale; sometimes, the sale of commodities at second hand.

Bulk

Any huge body or structure.

Retail

Done at retail; engaged in retailing commodities; as a retail trade; a retail grocer.

Bulk

The major part of something.
The bulk of my income comes from my office job, but I also teach a couple of evening classes.
I understood the bulk of what you were saying, just one of two points I need to hear again.

Retail

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.

Bulk

Dietary fibre.

Retail

To sell at second hand.

Bulk

Unpackaged goods when transported in large volumes, e.g. coal, ore or grain.

Retail

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.
He is wit's peddler, and retails his waresAt wakes and wassails.

Bulk

(countable) a cargo or any items moved or communicated in the manner of cargo.

Retail

The selling of goods to consumers; usually in small quantities and not for resale

Bulk

(bodybuilding) Excess body mass, especially muscle.

Retail

Be sold at the retail level;
These gems retail at thousands of dollars each

Bulk

(bodybuilding) A period where one tries to gain muscle.

Retail

Sell on the retail market

Bulk

(brane cosmology) A hypothetical higher-dimensional space within which our own four-dimensional universe may exist.

Retail

Selling or related to selling direct to the consumer;
Retail trade
Retail business
Retail price

Bulk

(obsolete) The body.

Retail

At a retail price;
I'll sell it to you retail only

Bulk

Being large in size, mass or volume (of goods, etc.)

Bulk

Total

Bulk

(intransitive) To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent.

Bulk

(intransitive) To grow in size; to swell or expand.

Bulk

(intransitive) To gain body mass by means of diet, exercise, etc.

Bulk

(transitive) To put or hold in bulk.

Bulk

To add bulk to, to bulk out.

Bulk

Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship of great bulk.
Against these forces there were prepared near one hundred ships; not so great of bulk indeed, but of a more nimble motion, and more serviceable.

Bulk

The main mass or body; the largest or principal portion; the majority; as, the bulk of a debt.
The bulk of the people must labor, Burke told them, "to obtain what by labor can be obtained."

Bulk

The cargo of a vessel when stowed.

Bulk

The body.
My liver leaped within my bulk.

Bulk

A projecting part of a building.
Here, stand behind this bulk.

Bulk

To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent; to swell.
The fame of Warburton possibly bulked larger for the moment.

Bulk

The property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part;
The majority of his customers prefer it
The bulk of the work is finished

Bulk

The property of something that is great in magnitude;
It is cheaper to buy it in bulk
He received a mass of correspondence
The volume of exports

Bulk

The property possessed by a large mass

Bulk

Stick out or up;
The parcel bulked in the sack

Bulk

Cause to bulge or swell outwards

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