wholesaler

[hohl-sayl-er]

noun

1. a business that sells products primarily to manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and other client companies rather than to end-use consumers, usually for less than the retail price.

Example Sentences

Importers and wholesalers work with slim margins, meaning they face more pressure to pass tariff costs on to their customers, said Bill Adams, chief economist at Comerica Bank.

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Among wholesalers in Canada, sales were driven higher by trade in food, beverages and tobacco.

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But they added that prices will hopefully fall to some extent when tariffs ease, if retailers and wholesalers pass along savings to consumers.

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It was the 1950s, and his family owned a small meat wholesaler called the Butcher Boy that sold patties to local restaurants, including one of the first operating McDonald’s, a location in San Bernardino.

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Mr Nakano, who didn't want to share his first name, works for an alcohol wholesaler.

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Related Words

• broker 
• dealer 
• exporter www.thesaurus.com
• operator 
• retailer www.thesaurus.com
• seller 
• shipper 
• shopkeeper 
• trader 
• trafficker www.thesaurus.com
• vendor