Definitions for "Wholesale"
Sale of goods by the piece or large quantity, as distinguished from retail.
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.
Those service activities devoted to the distribution of goods from manufacturers and importers to retailers.
"vendita all'ingrosso, ingrosso"
Extensive and indiscriminate; as, wholesale slaughter.
a well known closeout liquidator, with closeout warehouses in New Jersey and Florida
ignoring distinctions; "sweeping generalizations"; "wholesale destruction"
described through total number rather than specific identity. [Example: showing a total of two kings, rather than which ones they are, would be "showing kings wholesale."].
Banking activities relating to institutions rather than individuals.