| wholesale | (n) the selling of goods to merchants; usually in large quantities for resale to consumers, Ant. retail |
| wholesale | (v) sell in large quantities, Ant. retail |
| wholesale | (adv) at a wholesale price, Ant. retail, Example: I can sell it to you wholesale |
| wholesale | (adv) on a large scale without careful discrimination, Syn. in large quantities, Example: I buy food wholesale |
| Wholesale | n. Sale of goods by the piece or large quantity, as distinguished from retail. [ 1913 Webster ]
Some, from vanity or envy, despise a valuable book, and throw contempt upon it by wholesale. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Wholesale | a. |