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wholesale

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noun/ˈhoʊlseɪl/
  1. 1

    The sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants.countableuncountable

ant. retail

adj/ˈhoʊlseɪl/
  1. 1

    Of or relating to sale in large quantities, for resale.

  2. 2

    Extensive, indiscriminate, all-encompassing; blanket.figuratively

    • The bombing resulted in wholesale destruction.
adv/ˈhoʊlseɪl/
  1. 1

    In bulk or large quantity.

  2. 2

    Indiscriminately.figuratively

    • It still feels unnerving to some, even those caught in the crossfire, to see injuries invented wholesale and lies accepted by the highest court in the land.
verb/ˈhoʊlseɪl/
  1. 1

    To sell at wholesale.

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