wholesale

Meaning of wholesale

noun
  1. the business of selling of goods in large quantities and at low prices, typically to be sold on by retailers at a profit.
    if you want to sell large expensive pieces then wholesale is probably not the way to go
    the manufacturer's wholesale price
adverb
  1. being sold to retailers in large quantities and at low prices.
    bottles from this region sell wholesale at about £72 a case
  2. as a whole and in an indiscriminate way.
    the safety clauses seem to have been taken wholesale from union documents
adjective
  1. done on a large scale; extensive.
    the wholesale destruction of these animals by poachers
verb
  1. sell (goods) in large quantities at low prices, to be sold on at a profit.
    imported clothing, which he now wholesales to 20 retail stores
    the company is particularly strong in wholesaling

late Middle English: originally as by whole sale ‘in large quantities’.

Information about wholesale

  • The plural form of wholesale is: wholesales.
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Hyphenation of wholesale

whole-sale

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • wholesale is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

wholesale synonyms

Meaning sweeping:

sweeping

Meaning in a way that covers or affects a large area:

extensively

Meaning in a way that includes or deals with all or nearly all elements or aspects of something:

comprehensively

Meaning in a thorough manner:

thoroughly

Meaning in a random manner; unsystematically:

indiscriminately

Meaning to a great extent; on a large scale:

bigly

Meaning large in amount or scale:

extensive

Meaning found or distributed over a large area or number of people:

widespread

Meaning of large content or scope; wide-ranging:

comprehensive

Meaning comprising the whole number or amount:

total

Meaning open and direct:

outright

Meaning absolute (used to emphasize the degree of something, typically something unwelcome or unpleasant):

thorough

Meaning covering all cases or instances; total and inclusive:

blanket

Meaning having a distance larger than usual from side to side; wide:

broad

Meaning involving or affecting large numbers of people or things:

mass

Meaning done at random or without careful judgement:

indiscriminate

wholesale antonyms

Meaning only in part; to a limited extent:

partially

Meaning in a way that involves the selection of only particular people or things:

selectively

Meaning existing only in part; incomplete:

partial

Meaning relating to or involving the selection of the most suitable or best qualified:

selective

Words that rhyme with wholesale

Sale, sale, asale, basale, nasale, prenasale, subnasale, vomeronasale, subsale, handsale, landsale, presale, resale, telesale, hillsale, Kinsale, nonsale, countersale, dorsale, intersale, metatarsale, oversale, succursale, supersale, tarsale, transversale, universale, cartsale, portsale

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