wholesaled

Variant of wholesale

wholesale definition

whole·sale (-sāl′)

noun

the selling of goods in relatively large quantities and usually at lower prices than at retail, esp. such selling to retailers for resale to consumers

Etymology: ME holesale (< phr. by hole sale, by wholesale): see whole & sale

adjective

  1. of, connected with, or engaged in such selling wholesale prices
  2. extensive, sweeping, or indiscriminate wholesale criticism

adverb

  1. in wholesale amounts or at wholesale prices
  2. extensively, sweepingly, or indiscriminately to reject proposals wholesale

transitive verb, intransitive verb wholesaled -·saled′, wholesaling -·sal′·ing

to sell wholesale

Related Forms:

wholesale Idioms

at wholesale

in wholesale quantities or at wholesale prices

by wholesale

  1. at wholesale
  2. extensively, sweepingly, or indiscriminately

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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