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wholesale
[ hohl-seyl ]
adjective
- of, relating to, or engaged in sale by wholesale.
- extensive; broadly indiscriminate:
wholesale discharge of workers.
Synonyms: undiscriminating, promiscuous, inclusive, thorough, comprehensive, far-reaching
adverb
- in a wholesale way; on wholesale terms:
I can get it for you wholesale.
- in large quantities; on a large scale, especially without discrimination:
Wild horses were slaughtered wholesale.
verb (used with or without object)
- to sell by wholesale.
wholesale
/ ˈhəʊlˌseɪl /
noun
- the business of selling goods to retailers in larger quantities than they are sold to final consumers but in smaller quantities than they are purchased from manufacturers Compare retail
- at wholesale
- in large quantities
- at wholesale prices
adjective
- of, relating to, or engaged in such business
- made, done, etc, on a large scale or without discrimination
adverb
- on a large scale or without discrimination
verb
- to sell (goods) at wholesale
Derived Forms
- ˈwholeˌsaler, noun
Other Words From
- wholesaler noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of wholesale1
Example Sentences
The startup is coming out of “stealth mode” today but it has been around for a couple of years already and has signed on a number of large healthcare companies as customers — for example, the wholesale drug giant AmerisourceBergen.
That’s why we recently stopped our wholesale business and moved to smaller collections.
They have also asked for a wholesale change to how we provide benefits to seasonal employees—an approach that has been in place at the resort, and across our industry, for decades.
Our factory has the capacity to produce up to 7 million masks a week, helping us keep up with the demand of our direct-to-consumer, wholesale, and collaborations projects.
Kriegsman’s startup initially launched as a retail-as-a-service company, before shuttering its physical stores in 2019 to focus on its online marketplace, which helps broker wholesale orders between brands and retailers.
To be sure, the election was not an embrace of the GOP platform, but it was a wholesale rejection of Barack Obama.
In March the Colorado native, who sells wholesale farm products, decided to purchase an abandoned jail in his hometown of Brush.
Crown was working at a company called Valley Wholesale until he was recently laid off.
Laughing at the wholesale denial of free speech is not the voice of moderation.
Michael Kors Sues Costco: Michael Kors is suing wholesale warehouse club Costco for false advertising.
The money went into the pockets of the Admiralty clerks and paymasters, who thrived on wholesale and shameless peculation.
Again he got up and went inside, where he wrote a letter to a certain wholesale house with whom his account was large.
This woman was married in 1821, by Jacques Collin's sister, to the head clerk of a rich, wholesale hardware merchant.
This is the broadest street in London and was opened by wholesale condemnation of private property.
Nevertheless, the fisheries supply additional employment to processing and wholesale employees.
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