wholesale
noun
whole·sale
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Definition of wholesale
(Entry 1 of 4)
: the sale of commodities in quantity usually for resale (as by a retail merchant)
wholesale
adjectiveDefinition of wholesale (Entry 2 of 4)
1
: performed or existing on a large scale especially without discrimination
wholesale slaughter
2
: of, relating to, or engaged in the sale of commodities in quantity for resale
a wholesale grocer
wholesale
adverbDefinition of wholesale (Entry 3 of 4)
: in a wholesale manner
wholesale
verb
wholesaled;
wholesaling
Definition of wholesale (Entry 4 of 4)
: to sell (something) in quantity usually for resale
: to sell in quantity usually for resale
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Examples of wholesale in a Sentence
Adjective
The crops originated from wholesale growers. Is that price retail or wholesale?Verb
The company wholesales clothing to boutiques in the area.
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
After perfecting their recipes after two years, the Leon brothers began selling wholesale and at farmers markets. — Grace Wong, chicagotribune.com, "McKinley Park bakery Butterdough serves up small-batch croissants, plus more Chicago restaurant openings and closings," 30 July 2019 This is San Diego’s premier wholesale and retail seafood market. — Michael A. Gardiner, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Unrushed rice is key to success with homemade sushi," 6 Aug. 2019 No one wants a wholesale rounding up of possible suspects, but everyone wants their mugger or thief quickly identified. — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, "Letter: Only wide usage of face scans will perfect their use," 26 June 2019 Amazon buys products wholesale and sells them directly to consumers like a typical retailer. — Matt Day, Fortune, "Amazon U.S. Online Market Share Estimate Cut to 37.7% From 47%," 13 June 2019 Robusta has sold wholesale for an average of 87 cents a pound this year, compared with $1.39 for Colombian arabica. — Julie Wernau, WSJ, "Why Does Your Coffee Taste Like Tires? A Battle Brews Between Beans," 16 Dec. 2018 That probably comes down to the game's original low-poly models, weird shadows, and super-blurry textures returning wholesale. — Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, "Shenmue I & II impressions: A gaming history lesson, but it feels like school," 20 Aug. 2018 While legal threats can have a chilling effect on individual ROM sites, stopping the illicit distribution of classic gaming ROMs wholesale is likely an unwinnable game of Internet Whac-A-Mole. — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, "Lawsuit threat shuts down ROM downloads on major emulation site," 9 Aug. 2018 Founded in 2002, True Religion also sells its apparel wholesale through department stores such as Nordstrom. — Lillian Rizzo, WSJ, "True Religion Interim CEO Sees Future in More Stores, Global Expansion," 6 Nov. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Business owners are allowed to raise prices if wholesale costs increase, as is often the case with gasoline. — Mark Skoneki, orlandosentinel.com, "Hurricane Dorian: Florida activates price-gouging hotline," 30 Aug. 2019 Crowds will mass for water, batteries and other supplies at supermarkets and wholesale stores. — Michael Mayo, sun-sentinel.com, "Hurricane Dorian food prep: Eating in and eating out before, during and after the storm," 29 Aug. 2019 The cable is to link California, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the Philippines, connecting the builders’ data centers and carrying wholesale data, according to filings at the FCC. — Chris Strohm, Fortune, "Justice Department Wants to Cut Off Google’s Plan for an Undersea Internet Cable Between the U.S. and China," 28 Aug. 2019 Farmers and wholesale cheesemakers received less for milk and cheese in 1990 than 10 years earlier, even though retail cheese prices increased up to 66 percent. — Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Margarine smugglers, a deadly milk war and more flavor Wisconsin's dairy history," 28 Aug. 2019 Pending the lawsuit, Dish is being allowed to buy spectrum licenses, wholesale access to the combined T-Mobile/Sprint network, and Sprint's prepaid business including subsidiaries Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile. — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, "DOJ’s plan to make Dish the fourth major carrier has a fatal flaw," 27 Aug. 2019 Earlier this month in Texas, wholesale power prices surged 40,000%, in part because output from wind farms fell during a heat wave. — Los Angeles Times, "Trump says windmill power isn’t working. His Energy secretary disagrees," 26 Aug. 2019 At one point, wholesale prices were said to have surged 36,000%. — Dallas News, "Texans pay more for electricity now than other major markets. A wholesale price record is to blame," 23 Aug. 2019 Taking that into account, the difference in wholesale price from Anavip shrinks to about $500. — Kaiser Health News, oregonlive.com, "New snakebite antidote drives competition, but costs will still bite," 18 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Hendricks founded and grew the ABC Supply wholesaling company (which sells roofing, siding, windows, and gutters) with her husband, Ken, who died in 2007. — Dylan Matthews, Vox, "This billionaire rebuilt her town — while funding a right-wing revolution in her state," 12 June 2019 According to Robertson, Garner gave him three bundles of heroin to wholesale in return for $105. — Chris Palmer, https://www.inquirer.com, "Witness: 4 executed in W. Philly basement were slain over $105 in drugs," 4 June 2019 Consistently negative offer prices to wholesale power markets from renewable energy create soft market prices that continue to drive out more resilient coal and nuclear generation. — WSJ, "The Renewables Policy Has Made the Grid Less Secure," 19 June 2018 While the vast majority of Ripley farm's revenue comes from wholesaling traditional milk, selling Guernsey A2 milk and cheese is a way to make extra income. — Michael Hill, USA TODAY, "Got indigestion? These cows could solve your milk problem," 1 June 2018 Selling these labels no doubt help beef up Stitch Fix’s profit margins because the brand is selling their own items instead of wholesaling pieces from other labels. — Cam Wolf, GQ, "Stitch Fix Thinks It Can Hack Your Style," 29 May 2018 This week, Vermont passed a first-in-the-nation law that would facilitate the state’s importation of prescription drugs wholesale from Canada. — Shefali Luthra, Washington Post, "Vermont Legislators Pass A Drug Importation Law. So What?," 22 May 2018 Compare that with a kilo of heroin, which wholesales for about $50,000 in Gulfport and generates a profit of just $200,000. — Fortune, "Deadly Chinese Fentanyl Is Creating a New Era of Drug Kingpins," 6 June 2018 Law enforcement, environmental NGOs, and aquarium trade importers, wholesales, and retailers have all talked of an effective, non-invasive, and easy-to-implement cyanide test as a sort of Holy Grail. — National Geographic, "‘Holy Grail' Test for Illegal Cyanide-Caught Aquarium Fish May Be Fatally Flawed," 5 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'wholesale.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for wholesale
wholesale
noun
English Language Learners Definition of wholesale
(Entry 1 of 3)
: the business of selling things in large amounts to other businesses rather than to individual customers
wholesale
adjectiveEnglish Language Learners Definition of wholesale (Entry 2 of 3)
: relating to the business of selling things in large amounts to other businesses rather than to individual customers
: affecting large numbers of people or things
wholesale
verbEnglish Language Learners Definition of wholesale (Entry 3 of 3)
: to sell (things) to other businesses rather than to individual customers
: to be sold to other businesses for a specified price