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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the selling of goods to merchants; usually in large quantities for resale to consumers;


VERB (1)

1. sell in large quantities;


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. ignoring distinctions;
- Example: "sweeping generalizations"
- Example: "wholesale destruction"
[syn: sweeping, wholesale]


ADVERB (2)

1. at a wholesale price;
- Example: "I can sell it to you wholesale"

2. on a large scale without careful discrimination;
- Example: "I buy food wholesale"
[syn: wholesale, in large quantities]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Wholesale \Whole"sale`\, n.
   Sale of goods by the piece or large quantity, as
   distinguished from retail.
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   By wholesale, in the mass; in large quantities; without
      distinction or discrimination.
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            Some, from vanity or envy, despise a valuable book,
            and throw contempt upon it by wholesale. --I. Watts.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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   2. Extensive and indiscriminate; as, wholesale slaughter. "A
      time for wholesale trust." --Mrs. Humphry Ward.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

wholesale
    adv 1: at a wholesale price; "I can sell it to you wholesale"
           [ant: retail]
    2: on a large scale without careful discrimination; "I buy food
       wholesale" [syn: wholesale, in large quantities]
    adj 1: ignoring distinctions; "sweeping generalizations";
           "wholesale destruction" [syn: sweeping, wholesale]
    n 1: the selling of goods to merchants; usually in large
         quantities for resale to consumers [ant: retail]
    v 1: sell in large quantities [ant: retail]