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

If approved, the settlement would be among the largest in a wave of lawsuits over the past decade as governments and others sought to hold drugmakers, wholesalers and pharmacies accountable for the opioid epidemic that started rising in the years after OxyContin hit the market in 1996. —Geoff Mulvihill, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025

Bags of potatoes grown in the United Kingdom at the D & F McCarthy Ltd. fresh fruit and vegetable wholesaler in Norwich, UK, on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. —Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 18 June 2025

The list is once again topped by billionaire Diane Hendricks, the 78-year-old chair and owner of roofing and building materials wholesaler ABC Supply. —Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025

They were sold to retailers, distribution centers, wholesalers, and food service distributors from April 29 to May 19. —Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 30 May 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