"wholesale" in the noun sense
1. wholesale
the selling of goods to merchants usually in large quantities for resale to consumers
"wholesale" in the verb sense
1. wholesale
sell in large quantities
"wholesale" in the adjective sense
1. sweeping, wholesale
ignoring distinctions
"sweeping generalizations"
"wholesale destruction"
"wholesale" in the adverb sense
1. wholesale
at a wholesale price
"I can sell it to you wholesale"
2. wholesale, in large quantities
on a large scale without careful discrimination
"I buy food wholesale"
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