'Wholesale' definitions:
Definition of 'wholesale'
(from WordNet)
adverb
At a wholesale price; "I can sell it to you wholesale" [ant: retail]
adverb
On a large scale without careful discrimination; "I buy food wholesale" [syn: wholesale, in large quantities]
adjective
Ignoring distinctions; "sweeping generalizations"; "wholesale destruction" [syn: sweeping, wholesale]
noun
The selling of goods to merchants; usually in large quantities for resale to consumers [ant: retail]
verb
Sell in large quantities [ant: retail]
Definition of 'Wholesale'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Extensive and indiscriminate; as, wholesale slaughter. "A time for wholesale trust." --Mrs. Humphry Ward. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Wholesale'
From: GCIDE
- Wholesale \Whole"sale`\, n. Sale of goods by the piece or large quantity, as distinguished from retail. [1913 Webster]
- By wholesale, in the mass; in large quantities; without distinction or discrimination. [1913 Webster]
- Some, from vanity or envy, despise a valuable book, and throw contempt upon it by wholesale. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'wholesale'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abounding,
- absolute,
- abundant,
- affluent,
- all-embracing,
- all-encompassing,
- all-out,
- all-pervading,
- all-sufficing,
- ample,
- aplenty,
- at a bargain,
- at a sacrifice,
- at budget prices,
- at cost,
- at cost price,
- at piggy-bank prices,
- at prime cost,
- at reduced rates,
- at small cost,
- at wholesale,
- be in,
- bill of sale,
- blanket,
- born,
- bottomless,
- bounteous,
- bountiful,
- broad,
- broad-based,
- business,
- carry,
- casual,
- cheap,
- cheaply,
- clean,
- clear,
- close out,
- commercial,
- comprehensive,
- congenital,
- consummate,
- convert into cash,
- copious,
- cut under,
- deal in,
- deep-dyed,
- demand,
- diffuse,
- downright,
- dump,
- dyed-in-the-wool,
- effect a sale,
- effuse,
- egregious,
- epidemic,
- exhaustive,
- exhaustless,
- extensive,
- extravagant,
- exuberant,
- far-embracing,
- far-extending,
- far-flung,
- far-flying,
- far-going,
- far-ranging,
- far-reaching,
- fat,
- fertile,
- flush,
- for a song,
- for pennies,
- full,
- galore,
- general,
- generous,
- handle,
- imprudent,
- in plenty,
- in quantity,
- indiscreet,
- indiscriminate,
- indiscriminating,
- indiscriminative,
- industrial,
- inexhaustible,
- inexpensively,
- insensitive,
- intensive,
- job,
- large-scale,
- lavish,
- liberal,
- luxuriant,
- make a sale,
- many,
- market,
- marketing,
- mass market,
- maximal,
- mercantile,
- merchandise,
- merchandising,
- merchant,
- moderately,
- move,
- much,
- nominally,
- nonjudgmental,
- numerous,
- omnibus,
- omnipresent,
- on the cheap,
- opulent,
- out-and-out,
- outlet,
- outright,
- overflowing,
- perfect,
- pervasive,
- plain,
- plenitudinous,
- plenteous,
- plentiful,
- plenty,
- plumb,
- prevailing,
- prevalent,
- prodigal,
- productive,
- profuse,
- profusive,
- promiscuous,
- pure,
- radical,
- rampant,
- reasonably,
- regular,
- replete,
- resell,
- retail,
- retailing,
- rich,
- rife,
- riotous,
- running over,
- sacrifice,
- sale,
- sales,
- sell,
- sell off,
- sell on consignment,
- sell out,
- sell over,
- sell retail,
- sell short,
- sell up,
- sell wholesale,
- selling,
- sheer,
- straight,
- superabundant,
- sweeping,
- tactless,
- teeming,
- thorough,
- thoroughgoing,
- through-and-through,
- tie-in,
- total,
- trade,
- trade in,
- trading,
- traffic in,
- turn into money,
- turn over,
- turnover,
- ubiquitous,
- unconditional,
- uncritical,
- uncriticizing,
- undemanding,
- undercut,
- undersell,
- undifferentiating,
- undiscreet,
- undiscriminated,
- undiscriminating,
- undiscriminative,
- undistinguishing,
- unexacting,
- unfastidious,
- universal,
- unload,
- unmeticulous,
- unmitigated,
- unparticular,
- unqualified,
- unreserved,
- unrestricted,
- unselective,
- unsubtle,
- untactful,
- utter,
- veritable,
- wealthy,
- well-found,
- well-furnished,
- well-provided,
- well-stocked,
- wholesaling,
- wide,
- wide-extended,
- wide-extending,
- wide-ranging,
- wide-reaching,
- wide-stretching,
- widespread