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wholesaler

wholesaler

22 3.5
A person or company that buys goods in large amounts from makers and sells them to shops
  • noun
  • /ˈhoʊlˌseɪlər/
translation icon : mayorista
  • We're the largest wholesaler of furniture in Illinois, supplying many local retailers.
  • wholesalers and retailers
  • seafood wholesalers
  • grocery wholesalers

They are a grocery wholesaler and one of their main clients is the US military commissaries.

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Examples

  • We're the largest furniture wholesaler in Illinois.

  • They are a grocery wholesaler and one of their main clients is the US military commissaries.

  • He was a cheese wholesaler at the market.

  • I am a wholesaler in San Antonio, TX.

  • Producers sell their live product to wholesalers who sell it to consumers, processors, or retailers.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Louise has just made the most enormous sale of our company's new ready-to-wear line to one of the biggest wholesalers in Europe.

  • Although tourists comprise a sizable part of Olga's business, wholesalers are more important customers.

    Academic text (2000)
  • He operates as a wholesaler, providing cheese in bulk to shops across the region.

  • As a wholesaler in San Antonio, TX, I focus on selling large quantities to various stores.

Synonyms

distributor
vswholesaler
74 3.5

A company that supplies products to shops and businesses

is mainly about buying bulk from producers and reselling to retailers
middleman
vswholesaler
14 3.4

A person or company that buys large amounts of goods and sells them to shops

is the neutral label emphasising trade between businesses not final buyers
reseller
vswholesaler
12 3.7

A person or business that buys goods to sell to others for profit

is focused specifically on large quantity sales to retailers rather than any resale
jobber
vswholesaler
  • Jargon
1 7.8

A person or company that buys large amounts of goods to sell to shops

is the general name for that buying-and-reselling role
distro
vswholesaler
  • Jargon
1 8.1

A company that buys goods from makers and sells them to shops

is the formal or neutral term for the same buying and supply role
grosser
vswholesaler
  • Archaic
7.4

A person who sells goods in large amounts to shops

is the standard general term for that activity
middlewoman
vswholesaler
6.5

A woman who buys large amounts of goods and sells them to shops

is the same role but in neutral non-gendered terms
wholesale house
vswholesaler
3.6

A business that sells goods in large amounts to shops and other businesses at low prices

is the general term for buying in bulk and reselling to shops
distributer
vswholesaler
  • US
3.4

A company or person that supplies goods to shops and businesses

is the broader term covering the buying-and-reselling business model
disty
vswholesaler
  • Jargon
9.1

A company that supplies goods to shops and other sellers

is the usual formal term used for that supply relationship between firms

Antonyms

205 2.4

A shop or company that sells goods to people for home use

How Big

wholesaler
22 3.5
supplier
204 2.7

Surface Forms

wholesaler singular
wholesalers plural

Morphology

wholesaler = wholesale (transparent) = wholesale + er

The agentive '-er' added to 'wholesale' yields 'wholesaler' meaning 'one who sells wholesale', which an average learner can infer.

Etymology

Wholesaler comes from wholesale, which is whole + sale and means 'selling in large amounts'. So a wholesaler buys goods in large amounts and sells them to shops, not to the public.