Hypertext Webster Gateway: "wholesale"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wholesale \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wholesale \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
wholesale
adj 1: selling or related to selling goods in large quantities for
resale to the consumer; "wholesale prices"; "a
wholesale produce market" [ant: {retail}]
2: ignoring distinctions; "indiscriminate slaughter of a
population"; "sweeping generalizations"; "wholesale
destruction" [syn: {sweeping}]
n : the selling of goods to merchants; usually in large
quantities for resale to consumers [ant: {retail}]
adv 1: at a wholesale price; "I can sell it to you wholesale" [ant:
{retail}]
2: on a large scale without careful discrimination; "I buy food
wholesale" [syn: {in large quantities}]
v : sell in large quantities [ant: {retail}]
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