retail, retail spending, Retail politics, mall nursling, -ling

零售

全國零售額

零售政治 )習近平訪美(

It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (for the Economy)

Three decades of monthly retail spending show how important the holiday season is to the U.S. economy.
The New York Times





Retail politics is a type of political campaigning in which politicians directly talk to and interact with their supporters. Examples of retail politics include in-person campaign events, rallies, and direct mail. More recent examples of such campaigning have included candidates' appearances on podcasts.


Retail politics - Wikipedia

By Adding Apartments, Malls Seek to Bring Shopping Closer to Home


Facing an existential crisis over empty space, owners are trying to fill malls with residences, building on the live-work-play model sought by young adults.














retail
/ˈriːteɪl/
noun
the sale of goods to the public in relatively small quantities for use or consumption rather than for resale.
"the retail trade"







adverb

1. being sold by retail or at a retail price.

   "it is not yet available retail"

verb

1. 1.

   sell (goods) to the public by retail.

   "the difficulties in retailing the new products"
2. 2.

   relate or repeat (a story) in detail.

   "his inimitable way of retailing a diverting anecdote"

STUDIO nursling

nursling

/ˈnəːslɪŋ/

noun

1. a baby that is being breastfed.

-ling

Pronunciation: /lɪŋ/

SUFFIX

1Forming nouns from nouns (such as hireling, sapling).

2Forming nouns from adjectives and adverbs (such asdarling, sibling, underling).

3Forming diminutive words:gosling

3.1Often with depreciatory reference:princeling