Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #761 of 1319

wholesale (n.)

selling in bulk

Examples

  • Wholesale prices.

Key rules

  • Wholesale is selling goods in large quantities to businesses
  • Wholesale prices, wholesale market
  • Wholesale is uncountable

Common mistakes

  • They buy wholesales → They buy wholesale

Use cases

  • Business
  • Trade
  • Supply chains
💡 Tip: Wholesale is the opposite of retail.
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