Definition of Wholesale
Wholesale
whole·sale
Definition/Meaning
(adjective)
Selling goods in large quantities at a lower price to retailers or distributors.
e.g. The company offers wholesale prices for bulk orders of their products.
(adjective)
large or extensive in scale, such as selling goods in large quantities usually for resale or existing or engaged in on a large scale ;
e.g. When I was a child, I would visit a wholesale candy distributor with my father and we would buy candy in bulk. These chemicals cause the wholesale destruction of the environment.
(adverb)
on a large or extensive scale, especially used to describe being sold or bought in large amounts for resale;
e.g. Many restaurants buy their ingredients wholesale because it is more economical.
(verb)
to sell goods/products in large amounts, often at relatively low prices, usually for the purpose of resale;
e.g. These factories then wholesale the fabric to clothing manufacturers.
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