Definition of "wholesale" []

• The sale of goods in large quantities, as for resale by a retailer. (noun)
• Of, relating to, or engaged in the sale of goods in large quantities for resale: a wholesale produce market; wholesale goods; wholesale prices. (adjective)
• Made or accomplished extensively and indiscriminately; blanket: wholesale destruction. (adjective)
• In large bulk or quantity. (adverb)
• Extensively; indiscriminately. (adverb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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• "None of that justifies discarding the term wholesale."
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