wholesale
/ˈhoʊlseɪl/noun, verb, adjective, adverb2 syllables
Wholesale means: ignoring distinctions.
Synonyms for wholesale4
adjective, as in ignoring distinctions
adverb, as in on a large scale without careful discrimination
in large quantities
Opposites of wholesale
What does wholesale mean?5
adjective
1
ignoring distinctions“sweeping generalizations”
adverb
1
on a large scale without careful discrimination“I buy food wholesale”
2
at a wholesale price“I can sell it to you wholesale”
noun
1
the selling of goods to merchants; usually in large quantities for resale to consumers
verb
1
sell in large quantities
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Wholesale in a sentence
- A retail merchant buys wholesale and sells retail.AlanF_US
- There's been a corresponding increase in wholesale prices.CK
- The Japanese distribution system, characterized by layers of wholesale, is complex and costly.CM
- Wholesale prices had been basically flat.AlanF_US
- That's the problem with buying wholesale.CK
- There's been an increase in wholesale prices.CK
- What was supposed to be a targeted military operation deteriorated into wholesale slaughter of civilians.CarpeLanam
- Tom is a member of a wholesale club.CarpeLanam
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of wholesale
as a noun
- plural
- wholesales
as a verb
- past tense
- wholesaled
- present participle
- wholesaling
- third-person singular
- wholesales
- past participle
- wholesaled