wholesale

¹whole·sale

noun \ˈhōl-ˌsāl\

Definition of WHOLESALE

: the sale of commodities in quantity usually for resale (as by a retail merchant)

First Known Use of WHOLESALE

15th century

Other Business Terms

amortize, caveat emptor, clearinghouse, divest, due diligence, emolument, green-collar, marque, overhead, perquisite

Rhymes with WHOLESALE

abseil, airmail, all hail, assail, avail, bake sale, bangtail, blackmail, blacktail, bobtail, broadscale, broadtail, bucktail, bud scale, canaille, cattail, chain mail, coattail, cocktail, contrail, curtail, derail, detail, doornail, dovetail, downscale, ducktail, e-mail, entail, exhale, fan mail, fantail, female, fife rail, fire sale, fishtail, folktale, foresail, foxtail, fresh gale, full-scale, gapped scale, Glendale, gray scale, greenmail, guardrail, Hallel, handrail, hangnail, headsail, hightail, hobnail, horntail, horsetail, impale, inhale, junk mail, Longueuil, lugsail, mainsail, mare's tail, Mondale, moon snail, oxtail, pass-fail, percale, pigtail, pintail, pinwale, plate rail, pot ale, prevail, rattail, regale, resale, rescale, retail, right whale, ringtail, Sangreal, Scottsdale, sea kale, shavetail, shirttail, skysail, slop pail, small-scale, snail mail, soft hail, split rail, springtail, spritsail, square sail, staysail, strong gale, surveil, swordtail, taffrail, tag sale, telltale, third rail, thumbnail, timescale, toenail, topsail, travail, trysail, unnail, unveil, upscale, ventail, voice mail, wage scale, wagtail, wassail, whiptail, white sale, whitetail, white whale, whole gale, yard sale

²wholesale

adjective

Definition of WHOLESALE

1

: performed or existing on a large scale especially without discrimination <wholesale slaughter>

2

: of, relating to, or engaged in the sale of commodities in quantity for resale <a wholesale grocer>

Examples of WHOLESALE

1. The crops originated from wholesale growers.
2. Is that price retail or wholesale?

First Known Use of WHOLESALE

1642

Other Business Terms

amortize, caveat emptor, clearinghouse, divest, due diligence, emolument, green-collar, marque, overhead, perquisite

³wholesale

adverb

Definition of WHOLESALE

: in a wholesale manner

First Known Use of WHOLESALE

1732

⁴wholesale

verb

whole·saledwhole·sal·ing

Definition of WHOLESALE

transitive verb

: to sell (something) in quantity usually for resale

intransitive verb

: to sell in quantity usually for resale

Examples of WHOLESALE

1. The company wholesales clothing to boutiques in the area.

First Known Use of WHOLESALE

1800

Other Business Terms

amortize, caveat emptor, clearinghouse, divest, due diligence, emolument, green-collar, marque, overhead, perquisite