bulk buying

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noun

the purchase at one time, and often at a reduced price, of a large quantity of a particular commodity

the purchase of the whole or greater part of the output of a commodity of a country or state by a single buyer, usually another country or state; state trading

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Words nearby bulk buying

-bulia, bulimarexia, bulimia, bulimic, bulk, bulk buying, bulk cargo, bulk carrier, bulker, bulkhead, bulkhead deck

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How to use bulk buying in a sentence

More to the point, Huckabee has a natural appeal to a party that has come to represent the bulk of working class white voters.
Can Huckabee Convert the GOP’s Moneymen?|Lloyd Green|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Yet we keep doing the cleanses, buying the meal replacement bars, and joining Weight Watchers.
Why Your New Year’s Diet Will Fail|Carrie Arnold|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
How do you push yourself to be better when you get an Oscar for buying breakfast in the morning?
Coffee Talk with Ethan Hawke: On ‘Boyhood,’ Jennifer Lawrence, and Bill Clinton’s Urinal Exchange|Marlow Stern|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The one caveat: Asprey advises only buying butter made from grass-fed or pastured cows.
Bulletproof Coffee and the Case for Butter as a Health Food|DailyBurn|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST

This return scam involved purchasing broken electronics off the auction site and then buying new items off store shelves.
The Insane $11 Billion Scam at Retailers’ Return Desks|M.L. Nestel|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Results are in terms of bulk of precipitate, which must not be confused with percentage by weight.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
But she is greatly interested in certain shops that she is buying out, and especially in her visits to her tailor.
Confidence|Henry James
He fought with the Boers against us and has taken his immense bulk into one campaign after another.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
But what if I catch the fish by using a hired boat and a hired net, or by buying worms as bait from some one who has dug them?
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
A vast mountain of green water lifted up its bulk and fell upon us in a ravening cataract.
Uncanny Tales|Various