wholesale

English

Etymology

From whole +‎ sale.

Pronunciation

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Noun

wholesale (countable and uncountable, plural wholesales)

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

   Synonym: bulk supply

Antonyms

• retail

Derived terms

• wholesaler

Translations

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

• Arabic: إجمالي ،بالجملة، بيع بالجملة
• Catalan: a l'engròs (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 批發／批发 (zh) (pīfā), 批发 (zh) (pīfā)

• Czech: velkoobchod m
• Danish: engroshandel c, en groshandel c, engrosvirksomhed c, en grosvirksomhed c
• Dutch: groothandel (nl) m
• Estonian: hulgimüük
• Finnish: tukkukauppa (fi)
• French: vente en gros f
• German: Großhandel (de) m
• Greek: χονδρική (el) (chondrikí)
• Icelandic: heildsala (is) f, heildverslun f
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• Irish: mórdhíol m
• Norwegian: engroshandel m
• Persian: عمده‌فروشی ('omde-foruši)
• Polish: hurt (pl) m
• Portuguese: atacado (pt) m
• Russian: оптовая торговля f (optóvaja torgóvl'a)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: велепродаја f

  Roman: veleprodaja (sh) f

• Spanish: venta al por mayor f, mayoreo (es) m
• Swedish: partihandel c, grossistverksamhet c, grosshandel (sv) c
• Tagalog: pakyaw, pamamakyaw
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Adjective

wholesale (comparative more wholesale, superlative most wholesale)

1. Of or relating to sale in large quantities, for resale.
2. (figurative) Extensive, indiscriminate, all-encompassing; blanket.

   The bombing resulted in wholesale destruction.

Translations

of or relating to sale in bulk or large quantity

• Catalan: a l'engròs (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: velkoobchodní
• Danish: engros (da), en gros (da)
• Finnish: tukku- (fi)
• French: en gros (fr)
• Georgian: საბითუმო (sabitumo)
• German: Großhandels- (de)
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• Greek: χονδρικός (el) (chondrikós)
• Hungarian: nagybani (hu)
• Italian: all'ingrosso (it)
• Latin: magnārius
• Norwegian: en gros pl
• Polish: hurtowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: atacado (pt)
• Russian: опто́вый (ru) (optóvyj)

Adverb

wholesale (comparative more wholesale, superlative most wholesale)

1. In bulk or large quantity.
2. (figurative) Indiscriminately.

Translations

in bulk or large quantity

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: engros (da), en gros (da)
• Finnish: tukuttain
• French: en gros (fr)
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• Georgian: ბითუმად (bitumad)
• Greek: χονδρικά (el) (chondriká)
• Latin: acervatim
• Norwegian: en gros pl
• Polish: hurtowo
• Russian: о́птом (ru) (óptom)

Verb

1. To sell at wholesale.