to buy wholesale
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- phrasal verb
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- If your goal is to maximize savings, you should buy wholesale instead of retail.
- buy at wholesale prices
- buy wholesale and sell
Examples
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We decided to buy wholesale to reduce our costs and increase profits.
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Doctors may apply to qualify for buying at wholesale.
Blog text (9) -
And then it would buy them wholesale that afternoon.
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I think it would help a lot of crafters to buy their supplies wholesale, if possible.
Blog text (1) -
At these fundraising activities, the organizers buy beer at wholesale prices and sell it at a markup to raise money.
Academic text (1994) -
If you're trying to generate revenue online quickly, then I'd just buy wholesale merchandise and resell it on eBay.
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I couldn't do it, even buying meat wholesale (which did save a ton of money), and I rebounded after about six months and have had fluctuating weight (and self-esteem) ever since.
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Many small businesses buy wholesale to stock up on inventory at lower prices.
Antonyms
How Much
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to purchase goods in large quantities at reduced prices' follows directly from combining 'buy' (acquire goods) with 'wholesale' (sale in large quantities), since the phrase specifies the manner/scale of buying. This is a regular compositional pattern (verb + manner/quantity) found cross-linguistically and a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
The phrase buy wholesale comes from markets and big warehouses where shop owners would buy many items at once from a wholesale seller so each piece cost less. That's why 'buy wholesale' means 'to purchase large quantities at lower prices, often to resell'.