wholesaler
Americannoun
Explanation
A wholesaler is a person or business that sells items to retail stores, which then sell them to individual customers for a higher price. You could also call a wholesaler a distributor. Anyone who sells goods to other businesses, rather than directly to customers, is a wholesaler. The bookshop in your town and the big-box store in a strip mall are both retailers; they buy goods from wholesalers, who sell them large quantities of books or patio furniture, etc., to be resold to individual shoppers.
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Example Sentences
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Sysco agreed to buy family-owned wholesaler Jetro Restaurant Depot for $29.1 billion...
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
The water will move from one area to the other through the pipelines of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, the regional wholesaler that imports water from the Colorado River and Northern California.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026
“To have a wholesaler like VW support and back this direct-to-sale philosophy—changing the way that it’s operated for generations—is what’s creating this uproar,” said Dave Cantin, who runs an automotive M&A firm.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026
Looking back at the case which dominated his career, retired Det Supt Alan Smith says fruit and veg wholesaler Fraser was a jack-the-lad with no shortage of friends in the Moray town.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026
I hurried down to the door, introduced him hastily to the wife of an Amsterdam wholesaler, and got him upstairs.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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