retail index
collocation in Englishmeaningsofretailandindex
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retail
noun[U]
uk/ˈriː.teɪl/us/ˈriː.teɪl/
the activity of selling goods to the public, usually ...
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index
noun
uk/ˈɪn.deks/us/ˈɪn.deks/
an alphabetical list, such as one printed at the back of a book showing which page a subject, name, etc. ...
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I know that some of those figures may not come to be reflected in theretailindex, but a great many of them will.
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They are from theretailindex.
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We can argue for hours about aretailindexwhich may or may not be right.
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The monthlyretailindexis based on a statutory inquiry which collects figures of retail sales from a sample of 5,000 retailers.
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While theretailindexis suitable for food, it is not, in my view, fool-proof in respect of the general range of goods.
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Theretailindexin use is a temporary one on an entirely different basis from the previous one.
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That will filter through into theretailindex.
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Theretailindexonly gives you the volume of the retail sales by the process of dividing by the retail price index.
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Spending, vis-a-vis inflation in terms of theretailindex, has increased well ahead of inflation throughout our period of office.
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One is that theretailindexincludes expenditure on house rent, which has increased but little in the case of the wage-earning classes, owing to restrictive legislation.
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If we take passenger transport, by car and bus, that should amount to perhaps rather less than one-half of a point increase in theretailindex.
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I have never denied it but have given the figures of theretailindex, which are known to everyone and which it would be foolish to deny.
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Even during the recent two-year period when there has been a rather higher rate of increase for electricity, it is still no higher than the advance in theretailindex.
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I have already mentioned that in years gone by the increases in price were far and away less than the rise in theretailindexitself.
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He took the present rise in the first six months of this war from the wholesale index, but what concerns the consumer is theretailindex.
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The company expanded its business in 1932 by creating aretailindexthat tracked the flow of food and drug purchases.
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