wholesale
3.3
At a price for selling goods in large amounts to shops or other businesses
- adverb
- /ˈhoʊlseɪl/
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- Many restaurants buy their supplies wholesale to save money on bulk orders.
Examples
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And then it would buy them wholesale that afternoon.
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To stock up for the event, she decided to purchase decorations wholesale from a supplier.
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The store sells toys at wholesale prices to local businesses.
Antonyms
Compounds
3.6
A business that sells goods in large amounts to shops and other businesses at low prices
wholesale price index
- Specialized
3.9
A number that shows how prices of goods sold in large amounts change over time
How Cheap
Surface Forms
wholesale positive
Morphology
Etymology
As an adverb, wholesale comes from whole ('entire') and sale ('selling') and originally meant buying or selling in large amounts. That is why buying 'wholesale' means buying many items at a lower, bulk price to sell them again.