wholesale
noun
the sale of goods in quantity, as to retailers or jobbers, for resale (opposed to retail).
wholesales
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pluralof wholesale.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof wholesale (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
wholesalenounthe sale of goods in quantity, as to retailers or jobbers, for resale (opposed to retail).
Example Sentences
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Production, exports and wholesales of passenger cars in China all hit fresh highs in November compared with the same month in prior years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025
Industries such as transportation and wholesales showed double-digit falls in special payments, the data showed.
From Reuters ● Jan. 5, 2023
But inflation also has been brutal for many shops, services and other businesses, which are often caught between rising wholesales prices and wages and increasingly cost-conscious customers.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 18, 2022
To some extent, the board split reflected different levels of dependence on the imported supplies that Metropolitan wholesales to the Southland.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2018
The best intellects, the best business men in the societies, meet in the big centres as directors of federations and wholesales, and they get an all-Ireland view of their industry.
From The National Being Some Thoughts on an Irish Polity by George William Russell
