wholesale
noun
the sale of goods in quantity, as to retailers or jobbers, for resale (opposed to retail).
were wholesaling
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past progressiveof wholesale.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Live 1.25-pound lobsters were wholesaling for nearly $10 per pound in the New England market Nov. 1, an increase of nearly 20 percent from a year ago.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 7, 2019
