Wholesale
08 Sep 2023
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Noun:
- Definition: The sale of goods in quantity, typically to retailers or jobbers, for the purpose of resale (as opposed to retail).
Adjective:
- Definition: Pertaining to or engaged in selling by wholesale.
- Usage: Can describe something that is extensive, broadly indiscriminate, or involving a wholesale discharge of workers.
Adverb:
- Definition: In a wholesale manner; on wholesale terms.
- Usage: Can refer to actions performed in large quantities, on a large scale, especially without discrimination.
Origin:
- The term "wholesale" dates back to late Middle English, derived from the phrase "by hole sale," meaning in gross or large quantities.
Examples:
- The startup has entered "stealth mode" but has already secured several large healthcare companies as customers, such as the wholesale drug giant AmerisourceBergen.
- The company decided to halt its wholesale business operations and focus on smaller collections.
- Ski patrollers are picketing for changes in how benefits are provided to seasonal employees, a practice prevalent in the resort and wholesale industry.
- The factory's production capacity allows for up to 7 million masks per week, meeting the demands of direct-to-consumer, wholesale, and collaborative projects.
- The startup, initially operating as a retail-as-a-service company, shifted its focus to an online marketplace that facilitates wholesale orders between brands and retailers.
British Dictionary Definitions (Collins):
- Wholesale (Noun): The business of selling goods to retailers in larger quantities than they are sold to final consumers but in smaller quantities than they are purchased from manufacturers.
- Wholesale (Adjective): Pertaining to, relating to, or engaged in such business; made, done, or produced on a large scale or without discrimination.
- Wholesale (Adverb): On a large scale or without discrimination.
Cultural Definitions:
- Wholesale (Cultural): The sale of merchandise to retailers rather than directly to the public.
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