wholesale
Plural: wholesales
Noun
- the selling of goods to merchants; usually in large quantities for resale to consumers
- The sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants.
Verb
- sell in large quantities
- To sell at wholesale.
Adjective Satellite
- ignoring distinctions
- "wholesale destruction"
Adverb
- at a wholesale price
- "I can sell it to you wholesale"
- on a large scale without careful discrimination
- "I buy food wholesale"
Adj
- Of or relating to sale in large quantities, for resale.
- Extensive, indiscriminate, all-encompassing; blanket.
Adv
- In bulk or large quantity.
- Indiscriminately.
Examples
- The bombing resulted in wholesale destruction.
Origin / Etymology
From whole + sale.
Synonyms
in large quantities, sweeping, bulk supply
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 15
wholesale: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordwholesale: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
wholesale: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 16
wholesale: valid Words With Friends Word