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   wholesale

   /ˈhəʊlseɪl/

   noun

   • 1. the business of selling of goods in large quantities and at low prices, typically to be sold on by retailers at a profit: "if you want to sell large expensive pieces then wholesale is probably not the way to go"

   adverb

   • 1. being sold to retailers in large quantities and at low prices: "bottles from this region sell wholesale at about £72 a case"
   • 2. as a whole and in an indiscriminate way: "the safety clauses seem to have been taken wholesale from union documents"

   adjective

   • 1. done on a large scale; extensive: "the wholesale destruction of these animals by poachers"

   verb

   • 1. sell (goods) in large quantities at low prices, to be sold on at a profit: "imported clothing, which he now wholesales to 20 retail stores"

   Word Origin late Middle English: originally as by whole sale ‘in large quantities’.

   Scrabble Points: 15

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