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Meaning of 'wholesale'
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. [ a.]- Extensive and indiscriminate; as, wholesale slaughter.
2. Wholesale [ n.]
- Sale of goods by the piece or large quantity, as
distinguished from retail. [ n.]Meaning of 'wholesale' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. wholesale [ r]
[ r]Meaning (1):
- on a large scale without careful discrimination
- on a large scale without careful discrimination
Example in sentence:
- I buy food wholesale
Meaning (2):
- at a wholesale price
- at a wholesale price
Example in sentence:
- I can sell it to you wholesale
2. wholesale [ s]
[ s]Meaning (3):
- ignoring distinctions
- ignoring distinctions
Example in sentence:
- sweeping generalizations;
- wholesale destruction
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