wholesale
wholesale Lexical Profile
wholesale Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Relating to the sale of goods in large quantities, typically to be retailed by others at a higher price.
"The bakery orders flour and sugar at wholesale prices directly from the distributor."
Done on a large scale; extensive or indiscriminate.
"The new management implemented a wholesale reorganization of the entire company."
• adverb
In large quantities and at lower prices, especially for resale rather than direct use.
"We save a significant amount of money by buying our office supplies wholesale."
On a large scale; extensively or indiscriminately.
"Critics accused the author of copying whole paragraphs wholesale from earlier historical texts."
• noun
The business of selling goods in large quantities and at low prices, typically to be sold on by retailers at a profit.
"She worked in clothing wholesale for ten years before opening her own boutique."
• verb
To sell or be sold in large quantities at a low price, typically for resale by a retailer.
"The manufacturer wholesales these winter jackets at forty dollars apiece."
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Word Origin & Etymology
First recorded in late Middle English from the phrase 'by whole sale', contrasting with selling in small quantities ('retail').