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UK
/hˈəʊlseɪl/
]
[ US /ˈhoʊɫˌseɪɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈhoʊɫˌseɪɫ/ ]
VERB
- sell in large quantities
ADJECTIVE
-
ignoring distinctions
wholesale destruction
sweeping generalizations
NOUN
- the selling of goods to merchants; usually in large quantities for resale to consumers
ADVERB
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at a wholesale price
I can sell it to you wholesale -
on a large scale without careful discrimination
I buy food wholesale
How To Use wholesale In A Sentence
- One might think that having a baseline regulated industry (cable TV or telephone service) over which the wire base has been amortized and out of which the cost of upkeep are paid, that a government-regulated monopoly might be put in the position of offering wholesale access to competitors on a level playing field. National Broadband Plan Is Cash for Clunking Carriers « PubliCola
- BigshoeBazaar is an online cash and carry wholesaler for hundreds of small shoe stores across the country and is using a single 25,000 square feet warehouse, which will be enhanced to 100,000 square feet in a few months, to service shoe stores as far away as Dimapur in Nagaland and Katihar in Bihar. 'Hyper Growth' Returns To India's E-Commerce Sector
- They are accused of hatching a decade-long plot to keep wholesale oil prices artificially high. The Sun
- Children in particular should not have to witness wholesale slaughter of animals to which they may have become very attached.
- Rather than selling direct to pet owners, they initially tried the wholesale route. Times, Sunday Times
- On top of that, wholesalers now have brands and offer turnkey products.
- Donnelly's PNAC report -- a blueprint followed faithfully by the Bush Administration -- openly yearned for a "new Pearl Harbor" that would "catalyze" the American people into adopting PNAC's global militarist agenda wholesale. Undefined
- By combining our specialist industry knowledge and expertise, Sword Apak and AutoVIN can offer a comprehensive solution for the wholesale floorplanning finance community", commented James Powell, Sales Director for Sword Apak. The Earth Times Online Newspaper
- They will be concerned that wholesale prices could move upwards again, eating into margins. Times, Sunday Times
- It is the Marxist agenda that has seeped into our ruling caste - especially the Police and judiciary - that is whoilly responsible for what Fraser politely calls the 'fraying' (read wholesale destruction) of our social fabric. Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?