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wholesale - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'wholesale' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Wholesale [ 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.
- Extensive and indiscriminate; as, wholesale slaughter.
2 . Wholesale [ n.]
- Sale of goods by the piece or large quantity, as distinguished from retail.

Meaning of 'wholesale' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . wholesale [ r]
Meaning (1):
- on a large scale without careful discrimination
Example in sentence:
  • I buy food wholesale
Meaning (2):
- at a wholesale price
Example in sentence:
  • I can sell it to you wholesale
3 . wholesale [ s]
Meaning (3):
- ignoring distinctions
Example in sentence:
  • sweeping generalizations;
  • wholesale destruction