| ADJECTIVE | all | wholesale, sweeping | ignoring distinctions |
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| ADVERB | all | wholesale | at a wholesale price / price |
| all | wholesale, in large quantities | on a large scale without careful discrimination | |
| NOUN | act | wholesale | the selling of goods to merchants |
| VERB | possession | wholesale | sell in large quantities |
| Sounds | hhow'lsey.l | |
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| Rhymes | ail ... Yale: 93 rhymes with eyl... | |
| Meaning | ignoring distinctions. | |
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| Example | "wholesale destruction" | |
| Synonym | sweeping | |
| Broader | indiscriminate | not marked by fine distinctions |
| Spanish | masivo | |
| Meaning | The selling of goods to merchants; usually in large quantities for resale to consumers. | |
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| Broader | selling, merchandising, marketing | The exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money |
| Opposite | retail | The selling of goods to consumers |
| Verbs | wholesale | sell in large quantities |
| Meaning | At a wholesale price / price. | |
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| Example | "I can sell it to you wholesale" | |
| Opposite | retail | At a retail price / price |
| Meaning | On a large scale without careful discrimination. | |
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| Example | "I buy food wholesale" | |
| Synonym | in large quantities | |
| Meaning | sell in large quantities. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Category | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) |
| Broader | sell | Exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent |
| Opposite | retail | sell on the retail market |
| Nouns | wholesale | the selling of goods to merchants |
| wholesaler | someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers | |