in bulk

phrase

1

: not divided into parts or packaged in separate units

2

: in large quantities

buys rice in bulk

Examples of in bulk in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Whisky shipped in containers larger than four liters is exempt, and Crown Royal, the best-selling Canadian whisky in America, already arrives in bulk and is bottled in the United States. — Lars Hanson, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2026

Those costs are determined through an open marketplace where electricity is bought and sold in bulk between power generators and utilities before reaching transmission lines, and, eventually, consumers. — News Editor, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026

The serials are churned out in bulk, usually screen every day or several nights a week, and often stretch to hundreds of episodes. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026

Cups, spoon handles in bulk foods are lying down in the food. — Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1678, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for in bulk

• fulk
• hulk
• skulk
• sulk