wholesale
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- noun
- /ˈhoʊlseɪl/
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- He used to sell goods at wholesale to several local retailers.
- wholesale price
- wholesale and retail
- wholesale market
You can also find this on eBay, often through some sort of wholesale with old office supplies.
- You can also find this on eBay, often through some sort of wholesale with old office supplies.
Examples
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If you took some of your inventory, Frank, and you sold it wholesale...
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RL Amons was a wholesale grocer in Balula, Mississippi.
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These are wholesale, average wholesale prices in New England for the last year.
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My old man used to sell wholesale to that store.
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Most retail and all wholesale trade take place in the morning.
Academic text (1990) -
Another example is transportation in the retail and wholesale trade sectors.
Academic text (1991) -
During the same period, the wholesale price index increased by 44.4 percent.
Academic text (1997) -
He used to be a wholesale milk supplier.
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The Prophet from Jupiter makes miniature ladder-backed chairs that he sells wholesale to the gift shops on the highway.
Fiction book (1993) -
Of the projects in development, the majority plan on marketing compost wholesale to landscapers, nurseries, and soil blenders.
Academic text (1996)
Antonyms
Compounds
A business that sells goods in large amounts to shops and other businesses at low prices
- Specialized
A number that shows how prices of goods sold in large amounts change over time
How Large
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word wholesale comes from the simple parts whole ('entire') and sale ('selling'), like selling the whole batch at once rather than single items. So wholesale as a noun means the business of selling large amounts of goods, usually to shops instead of to final customers.