English Words: R

21,470 words · Page 251 of 430

retagverb

To tag again or anew.

retaggernoun

A criminal who fraudulently changes the serial numbers of automobiles.

retailnoun

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.

retail apocalypsenoun

The closing of numerous brick-and-mortar retail stores in the United States, especially those of large chains, beginning around 2010.

retail bankingnoun

The activities of a retail bank.

retail therapynoun

Shopping that is done purely for pleasure, especially as a distraction from personal difficulties or disappointments.

retailableadj

Able to be retailed.

retailernoun

A retail sales company or salesman.

retailingverb

present participle and gerund of retail

retailmentnoun

The act of retailing.

retailorverb

To tailor again or anew.

retailtainmentnoun

A commercially-designed experience that combines entertainment and retailing.

retainverb

Often followed by from: to hold back (someone or something); to check, to prevent, to restrain, to stop.

retain and explainverb

To preserve historical material regarded as problematic (such as statues), with appropriate contextual explanation, rather than destroying it or attempting to erase it from history.

retainabilitynoun

The quality of being retainable.

retainableadj

Capable of being retained.

retainablyadv

Such that it can be retained.

retainagenoun

An amount of money held back from a payment as insurance against the work not being completed.

retainalnoun

The act of retaining or keeping; retention.

retainedverb

simple past and past participle of retain

retainernoun

Any thing or person that retains.

retainerlessadj

Without a retainer.

retainershipnoun

The practice of charging a retainer fee, or a client relationship based on such a fee.

retainestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of retain

retainethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of retain

retainingadj

Of or pertaining to something that retains something else, as with a retaining wall.

retaining wallnoun

Any of several structures used to restrain a vertical-faced mass of earth.

retainmentnoun

retention

retainsverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of retain

retakafulnoun

Reinsurance based on the takaful system of insurance in Islamic law.

retakeverb

To take something again.

retakernoun

One who retakes.

retakethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of retake

retakingnoun

The act of taking again.

retaliateverb

To do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; to fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront.

retaliatedverb

simple past and past participle of retaliate

retaliatinglyadv

In retaliation.

retaliationnoun

Violent or otherwise punitive response to an act of harm or perceived injustice; a hitting back; revenge.

retaliationismnoun

A policy of retaliation.

retaliationistnoun

A proponent of retaliation.

retaliatornoun

One who retaliates.

retaliatorilyadv

In a retaliatory manner.

retaliatoryadj

Relating to or part of a retaliation.

retaliatory tariffnoun

A tariff imposed by one country in response to a tariff or other trade barrier previously imposed by another country, typically as a form of tit-for-tat trade sanction.

retalkverb

To talk again.

retallyverb

To tally again; to recount.

retamanoun

Any of the genus Retama of flowering bushes.

retameverb

To tame again.

retanverb

To tan again.

retangleverb

To tangle again.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter R contains 21,470 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 430 pages, and you are currently viewing page 251. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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