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.
Vocabulary lists containing wholesaler
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Example Sentences
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That is, until a tiny French beverage wholesaler joined the conversation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026
The San Diego County Water Authority serves as a wholesaler, delivering water to 22 cities and other agencies that serve 3.3 million people.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026
Twelve kilometers from the hotel zone, crossing empty streets with minimal traffic, residents in the well-off neighborhood of Fluvial Vallarta wandered through the parking lot of a Costco wholesaler.
From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026
Helen Chambers, a florist and flower wholesaler from Spalding, Lincolnshire, said people should still be able to have roses but from a "source that is credible".
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026
“I got new seats on order from the wholesaler in Sarasota, but they won’t be here till Wednesday.”
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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