wholesaler

noun

whole·​sal·​er ˈhōl-ˌsā-lər 

: a merchant middleman who sells chiefly to retailers, other merchants, or industrial, institutional, and commercial users mainly for resale or business use

Examples of wholesaler in a Sentence

a leading wholesaler in the book business

Recent Examples on the Web

For the metals wholesaler interviewed, their coverage goal is that sales reps will follow the recommendations between 92 and 98% of the time. —Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025

Glenmark alerted wholesalers about the recalls less than a week later, but the company and the FDA didn’t tell ProPublica. —Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 16 Apr. 2025

Currently, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act allows manufacturers or wholesalers to sell beer to licensed retailers from wagons or trucks. —Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 11 Apr. 2025

From there, New York City sleuths tracked the cord brand to a local wholesaler, who had records of selling a quantity of it to a Manhattan upholsterer the day before the murder. —Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1800, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for wholesaler

• semitrailer
• bailer
• bailor
• baler
• jailer
• jailor
• paler
• sailer
• sailor
• scalar
• scaler
• tailor