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Wholesale
Pronunciation : Whole"sale`
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: Sale of goods by the piece or large quantity, as distinguished from retail. By wholesale, in the mass; in large quantities; without distinction or discrimination. Some, from vanity or envy, despise a valuable book, and throw contempt upon it by wholesale. I. Watts.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Whole"sale`
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : 1. Pertaining to, or engaged in, trade by the piece or large quantity; selling to retailers or jobbers rather than to consumers; as, a wholesale merchant; the wholesale price.
2. Extensive and indiscriminate; as, wholesale slaughter. "A time for wholesale trust." Mrs. Humphry Ward.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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