WHOLESALE, n. [whole and sale.] 1. Sale of goods by the piece or large quantity; as distinguished from retail. Some traders sell either by wholesale or retail.2. The whole mass.Some from vanity or envy, despise a valuable book, and throw contempt upon it by wholesale.WHOLESALE, a. [supra.] 1. Buying and selling by the piece or quantity; as a wholesale merchant or dealer.2. Pertaining to the trade by the piece or quantity; as the wholesale price.
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