wholesale (whole|sale)

noun

• the selling of goods in large quantities to be retailed by others: [as modifier]: goods at wholesale prices

adverb

• 1being sold in such a way: bottles from this region sell wholesale at about £72 a case

• 2as a whole and in an indiscriminate way: the safety clauses seem to have been taken wholesale from union documents

adjective

• done on a large scale; extensive: the wholesale destruction of these animals by poachers

verb

• sell (goods) in large quantities at low prices to be retailed by others: imported clothing, which he now wholesales to 20 retail stores (as noun wholesaling) the company is particularly strong in wholesaling