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

Acting as a wholesaler to local restaurant clients, and also serving individual lobster lovers, this place has ensconced itself firmly within Boston's heart. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026

To satisfy its voracity for billions of pages, Anthropic started out by placing mass orders with wholesalers, before turning to individual and secondhand booksellers to help fill in the gaps. — Francesca Mancino, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026

Georgia, for its part, purchased drugs from a wholesaler whose business operated out of the back room of a London driving school. — Max Blau, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2026

Since diesel is the lifeblood of the supply chain, a rise in fuel costs may result in higher prices charged by wholesalers in response to elevated transport expenses. — Max Zahn, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026

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