wholesale

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Noun

wholesale (plural wholesales)

1. The sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants.

Synonyms

• bulk supply

Derived terms

• wholesaler

Translations

sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants

• Catalan: a l'engròs (ca)
• Czech: velkoobchod (cs) m
• Dutch: groothandel (nl) m
• Estonian: hulgimüük (et)
• Finnish: tukkukauppa
• French: vente en gros
• German: Großhandel (de) m
• Greek: χονδρική (el) (chondrikí)
• Icelandic: heildsala (is) f, heildverslun (is) f

• Irish: mórdhíol (ga) m
• Norwegian: engroshandel (no) m
• Polish: hurt m
• Portuguese: atacado (pt) m
• Russian: оптовая торговля (optóvaja torgóvl'a) f
• Serbian: велепродаја (veleprodaja) f
• Spanish: venta al por mayor (es) f
• Swedish: partihandel (sv) c, grossistverksamhet (sv) c, grosshandel (sv) c

Adjective

wholesale (comparative more wholesale, superlative most wholesale)

1. Of or relating to sale in large quantities, for resale.
2. Extensive, indiscriminate, all-encompassing; blanket.
   • The bombing resulted in wholesale destruction.

Translations

in bulk or large quantity

• Catalan: a l'engròs (ca)
• Georgian: საბითუმო (ka) (sabit’umo)
• German: Großhandels- (de)
• Greek: χονδρικός (el) (chondrikós)

• Norwegian: en gros (no) pl
• Polish: hurtowy m
• Portuguese: atacado (pt)
• Russian: оптовый (optóvyj)

Adverb

wholesale (comparative more wholesale, superlative most wholesale)

1. In bulk or large quantity.
2. Indiscriminately.

Translations

in bulk or large quantity

• Georgian: ბითუმად (ka) (bit’umad)
• Greek: χονδρικά (el) (chondriká)
• Norwegian: en gros (no) pl

• Polish: hurtowo
• Russian: оптом (ru) (óptom)

Verb

wholesale (third-person singular simple present wholesales, present participle wholesaling, simple past and past participle wholesaled)

1. To sell at wholesale.