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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Wholesaler Paul Armstrong believes coffee drinkers may soon face the "crazy" prospect of paying more than £5 in the UK for their caffeine fix.
From BBC • Sep. 14, 2024
Wholesaler groups argue that the current system has worked well and fostered dramatic growth in the number of new breweries, wineries and distilleries.
From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2021
Wholesaler Roots & Culture Inc. had ordered about 600 T-shirts, as well as some posters, buttons, and key chains.
From Slate • Sep. 25, 2015
Wholesaler Kurtich keeps a printout by his calculator of who owes him and how much.
From Washington Post • Jun. 19, 2010
"I'd be alright if everybody else would mind their own business," grumbles the Wholesaler.
From Deep Furrows by Moorhouse, Hopkins
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