wholesale
/ˈhoʊlˌseɪl/
adjective
- Relating to the sale of goods in large quantities, typically to retailers rather than to consumers.
- Wholesale markets open very early in the morning.
- The wholesale price of rice dropped this month.
- They have a wholesale license to buy directly from factories.
- Done on a large scale; extensive and often indiscriminate.
- The new policy led to wholesale layoffs across the industry.
- There was a wholesale destruction of the forest by the fire.
- The company made wholesale changes to its management team.
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noun
- The business of selling goods in large quantities, especially to retailers.
- He works in wholesale, supplying electronics to stores.
- The company moved from retail into wholesale.
- Wholesale is often more profitable than retail.
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adverb
- In large quantities; at a wholesale price.
- They buy their supplies wholesale to save money.
- The store sells goods wholesale to other businesses.
- You can purchase these items wholesale only if you have a reseller permit.
- On a large scale; extensively and often without discrimination.
- Ideas were adopted wholesale from other cultures.
- The old rules were rejected wholesale by the new government.
- The town was destroyed wholesale by the earthquake.
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