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

The calculation is tricky, because tariffs are paid by US importers who typically pass those costs onto wholesalers, retailers and eventually consumers. —David Goldman, CNN Money, 17 Nov. 2025

Ian Ross, vice president of operations at precious metals wholesaler Ross Metals, sees these metals as safeguards during volatility. —Sharon Wu, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025

Deal would be among the biggest opioid settlements A flood of lawsuits filed by government entities against Purdue and other drugmakers, drug wholesalers and pharmacy chains began about a decade ago. —NPR, 14 Nov. 2025

Your job as a wholesaler is to make the most of whatever potential deal presents itself. —Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 12 Nov. 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