Definition of Wholisale
Whole"sale` (?), n. Sale of goods by the
piece or large quantity, as distinguished from retail.
By wholesale, in the mass; in large quantities;
without distinction or discrimination.
Some, from vanity or envy, despise a valuable book, and
throw contempt upon it by wholesale. I.
Watts.
Whole"sale`, a. 1.
Pertaining to, or engaged in, trade by the piece or large quantity;
selling to retailers or jobbers rather than to consumers; as, a
wholesale merchant; the wholesale price.
2. Extensive and indiscriminate; as,
wholesale slaughter. "A time for wholesale trust."
Mrs. Humphry Ward.
Whole"sale` (?), n. Sale of goods by the
piece or large quantity, as distinguished from retail.
By wholesale, in the mass; in large quantities;
without distinction or discrimination.
Some, from vanity or envy, despise a valuable book, and
throw contempt upon it by wholesale. I.
Watts.
Whole"sale`, a. 1.
Pertaining to, or engaged in, trade by the piece or large quantity;
selling to retailers or jobbers rather than to consumers; as, a
wholesale merchant; the wholesale price.
2. Extensive and indiscriminate; as,
wholesale slaughter. "A time for wholesale trust."
Mrs. Humphry Ward.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants
- of, or relating to sale in large quantities, for resale
- extensive, indiscriminate or blanket
- The bombing resulted in wholesale destruction
- in bulk or large quantity
- indiscriminately
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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