Definition of "wholesaler" []

• A person or company that sells goods wholesale is a middleman that buys its merchandise from a third party supplier and resells the merchandise to retail businesses or the end consumer. A wholesaler normally does not sell to other wholesalers. (noun)

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• "KHATUN (through translator): I call the wholesaler that sends supplies for the store my husband and I own."
• "Another trade abuse which has been corrected almost altogether was the practise of "selling coffee to be billed as shipped"; that is, the wholesaler held coffee on order, and billed only when delivered, even though several weeks or months had passed before shipment."
• ""Then we will call the wholesaler to make a special delivery.""