Wholesale
['həʊlseɪl] or ['holsel]
Definition
(noun.) the selling of goods to merchants; usually in large quantities for resale to consumers.
(verb.) sell in large quantities.
(adv.) on a large scale without careful discrimination; 'I buy food wholesale'.
(adv.) at a wholesale price; 'I can sell it to you wholesale'.
Edited by Bradley--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Sale of goods by the piece or large quantity, as distinguished from retail.
(a.) 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.
(a.) Extensive and indiscriminate; as, wholesale slaughter.
Edited by Kitty
Examples
- However, in passing a wholesale tea-house he saw a man tasting tea, so he went in and asked the 'taster' if he might have some of the tea. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- She denounced the war as wholesale murder, and Lord Wellington as a hired butcher. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Their wholesale price was six shillings, but the retailer would get twelve or more. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The circulation between the dealers, as it is carried on by wholesale, requires generally a pretty large sum for every particular transaction. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- A new issue does embarrass a wholesale organization of the voters. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I bought wholesale and at a low price, and permitted the wives of the engineers and trainmen to have the benefit of the discount. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- We have seen both the retailers and also the wholesale manufacturers. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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