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English Dictionary: wholesale	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for wholesale
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wholesale adv at a wholesale price; "I can sell it to you wholesale" Antonym(s): retail on a large scale without careful discrimination; "I buy food wholesale" Synonym(s): wholesale, in large quantities adj ignoring distinctions; "sweeping generalizations"; "wholesale destruction" Synonym(s): sweeping, wholesale n the selling of goods to merchants; usually in large quantities for resale to consumers Antonym(s): retail v sell in large quantities Antonym(s): retail
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wholesale \Whole"sale`\, n. Sale of goods by the piece or large quantity, as distinguished from retail. {By wholesale}, in the mass; in large quantities; without distinction or discrimination. Some, from vanity or envy, despise a valuable book, and throw contempt upon it by wholesale. --I. Watts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wholesale \Whole"sale`\, a. 1. Pertaining to, or engaged in, trade by the piece or large quantity; selling to retailers or jobbers rather than to consumers; as, a wholesale merchant; the wholesale price. 2. Extensive and indiscriminate; as, wholesale slaughter. [bd]A time for wholesale trust.[b8] --Mrs. Humphry Ward.