- (a.) 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.
- (n.) Sale of goods by the piece or large quantity, as distinguished from retail.
- (a.) Extensive and indiscriminate; as, wholesale slaughter.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| MLA | Webster's. "wholesale" 28 May 2011. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/wholesale/definitions/2081882> |