Meaning of WHOLESALE
| Pronunciation: | | 'howl`seyl
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- [n] the selling of goods to merchants; usually in large quantities for resale to consumers
- [adv] on a large scale without careful discrimination; "I buy food wholesale"
- [adv] at a wholesale price; "I can sell it to you wholesale"
- [adj] ignoring distinctions; "indiscriminate slaughter of a population"; "sweeping generalizations"; "wholesale destruction"
- [adj] selling or related to selling goods in large quantities for resale to the consumer; "wholesale prices"; "a wholesale produce market"
- [v] sell in large quantities
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| | Synonyms: | | bulk(a), in large quantities, indiscriminate, sweeping |
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| | Antonyms: | | retail, retail, retail, retail | | |
| | See Also: | | marketing, merchandising, sell, selling | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Whole"sale`\, n.
Sale of goods by the piece or large quantity, as
distinguished from retail.
{By wholesale}, in the mass; in large quantities; without
distinction or discrimination.
Some, from vanity or envy, despise a valuable book,
and throw contempt upon it by wholesale. --I. Watts.
\Whole"sale`\, a.
1. Pertaining to, or engaged in, trade by the piece or large
quantity; selling to retailers or jobbers rather than to
consumers; as, a wholesale merchant; the wholesale price.
2. Extensive and indiscriminate; as, wholesale slaughter. ``A
time for wholesale trust.'' --Mrs. Humphry Ward.
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