wholesale
noun
the sale of goods in quantity, as to retailers or jobbers, for resale (opposed to retail).
wholesaled
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past participleof wholesale.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof wholesale.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
wholesalenounthe sale of goods in quantity, as to retailers or jobbers, for resale (opposed to retail).
Example Sentences
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That’s not the narrative being wholesaled by the financial press and investment pundits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2022
“In a normal situation, there’s some surplus that gets generated when you’re farming,” he said, explaining that the surplus would be wholesaled to other retailers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2021
He has brokered real estate deals in Florida, arranged bank loans in Venezuela, marketed industrial pumps in Thailand, wholesaled shoes in Panama, promoted a building-materials company to Mexican interests and advised transnational financial services firms.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 28, 2015
After that, I started a company that wholesaled mobile phones.
From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2011
Justice demands a careful consideration of every case; it cannot be machine-made; it cannot be wholesaled.
From The Negro and the elective franchise. A Series Of Papers And A Sermon (The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers, No. 11.) by Charles C. Cook
