English Dictionary: wholesale | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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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. |