wholesaleadjective, adverb
uk/ˈhəʊl.seɪl/us/ˈhoʊl.seɪl/wholesale adjective, adverb (SELLING)
of or for the selling of goods in large amounts at low prices to shops and businesses, rather than the selling of goods in shops to customers:
wholesale prices
a wholesale supplier/business
We only sell wholesale, not to the public.
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retail noun
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Selling
- auction
- bake sale
- bundle
- chain of production
- divest
- export
- package
- pile it high and sell it cheap idiom
- price yourself out of the market idiom
- privatize
- purvey
- realizable
- realization
- serve
- shift
- supersize
- telesales
- tout
- undercharge
- unsold
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wholesale adjective, adverb (COMPLETE)
often disapproving (especially of something bad or too extreme) complete or affecting a lot of things, people, places, etc.:
wholesale changes
wholesale destruction
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Complete and whole
- A, a
- a/one hundred percent idiom
- absolutely
- all or nothing idiom
- all-in-one
- all-inclusive
- completely
- flat
- full-fledged
- full-length
- fully
- fully fledged
- heart and soul idiom
- root
- totally
- unabridged
- unadulterated
- unconditional
- uncut
- undivided
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wholesalenoun [ U ]
uk/ˈhəʊl.seɪl//ˈhoʊl.seɪl/US UK trade pricethe price at which goods are sold to shops by the people who produce them, rather than the price which the customer usually pays in the shop:
I bought my coat direct from the factory at wholesale.
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Costs & expenses
- admission
- aliment
- alimony
- asking price
- carrying charge
- charge
- compensation
- cost an arm and a leg/a small fortune idiom
- cost-of-living index
- damage
- dent
- flat rate
- indirect cost
- maintenance
- outlay
- price war
- running costs
- settlement
- stoppage
- worth
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