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wholesale(dictionary)
Wholesale(finance)
wholesale 2, adjective(dictionary)
wholesale 1, noun(dictionary)
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wholesale (iou)



wholesale noun, adjective, verb, & adverb. LME.
[from WHOLE adjective + SALE noun.]
A. noun. The selling of goods in large quantities, usu. for retail by others. Orig. in by wholesale below. Cf. RETAIL noun 1. LME.
by wholesale fig. (a) (of selling) in large quantities; (b) in abundance; extensively; indiscriminately.
b. attrib. or as adjective.
Of, pertaining to, or involved in wholesale. M17.
L. L. Price Greater friction..in the retail than in the wholesale market. Day Lewis My grandfather, being a wholesale chemist, not a retailer, could never be suspected of handing articles across a counter.
fig. Done on a large scale; extensive; indiscriminate. M17.
Tree News The wholesale removal of all trees.
C. verb trans. & intrans.
Sell (goods) wholesale. E18.
New Yorker I make..ornaments..and wholesale them to gift shops.
verb intrans. Of goods: be sold wholesale, esp. for a specified price. Freq. foll. by at, for. L19.
New Yorker A cassette that wholesaled for forty dollars.
D. adverb. By wholesale; at a wholesale price; fig. on a large scale. M19.
G. M. Trevelyan Factories, producing goods wholesale, ruining craftsmanship. R. Westall The price of bacon wholesale was now beyond belief.
wholesaler noun a person who sells goods wholesale M19.