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Wholesale
01
the process or activity of selling goods in large quantities to businesses at a lower price
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Simple
Uncountable
Examples
The store buys its products at wholesale to save on costs.
to wholesale
01
to sell products in large quantities at lower prices to other stores, rather than to the public directly
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
wholesale
3rd person singular
wholesales
Present participle
wholesaling
Past simple
wholesaled
Past participle
wholesaled
Examples
The manufacturer decided to wholesale their products to retail chains to expand their market reach.
wholesale
01
in large quantities at a reduced price
Grammatical Information
Examples
They purchased the goods wholesale to save money.
02
on a large scale or in a widespread manner, often without careful selection
Examples
The company laid off employees wholesale during the restructuring.
wholesale
01
done or carried out on a large scale without regard for distinctions or selectivity
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
qualitative
Superlative
most wholesale
Comparative
more wholesale
gradable
Examples
The policy led to wholesale dismissals across the company.
Lexical Tree
wholesale
whole
sale
