Wholesale (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. the sale of goods in quantity, as to retailers or jobbers, for resale (opposed to retail).
adjective
  1. of, relating to, or engaged in sale by wholesale.
  2. extensive; broadly indiscriminate: wholesale discharge of workers.
adverb
  1. in a wholesale way; on wholesale terms: I can get it for you wholesale.
  2. in large quantities; on a large scale, especially without discrimination: Wild horses were slaughtered wholesale.
verb (used with or without object), whole·saled, whole·sal·ing.
  1. to sell by wholesale.
noun
  1. the business of selling goods to retailers in larger quantities than they are sold to final consumers but in smaller quantities than they are purchased from manufacturers
  2. at wholesale
    • in large quantities
    • at wholesale prices
adjective
  1. of, relating to, or engaged in such business
  2. made, done, etc, on a large scale or without discrimination
adverb
  1. on a large scale or without discrimination
verb
  1. to sell (goods) at wholesale
Wholesale (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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