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 Sepulveda Feeder Pump Stations Project will allow the region’s water wholesaler — the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California — to divert water from the Colorado River and Diamond Valley Lake to communities that normally rely on State Water Project supplies. —City News Service, Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026

The Saks agreements between wholesalers and those operating concession shops are very different. —David Moin, Footwear News, 20 Jan. 2026

Ma rates the stock outperform, noting that while there are concerns around Costco’s ability to sustain its membership fee income growth, the wholesaler has other levers at its disposal. —Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2026

After Sim Gems, Lubeck took me around the corner to a gemstones, diamonds, and jewelry wholesaler co-founded by Jay Moncada, whom Lubeck met at the Ethical Gem Fair in Brooklyn in 2023. —Emilia Petrarca, New Yorker, 2 Jan. 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