C1adjectivebusiness
US/ˈhoʊl.seɪl/
UK/ˈhəʊl.seɪl/
connected with selling goods in large amounts to shops; also affecting almost everything
In context
Shop owners buy clothes at the wholesale market before dawn.
The wholesale price of rice has fallen, but shop prices have not.
The new CEO made wholesale changes to the management team.
Words that go with wholesale
adjective + noun
- wholesale priceRestaurants pay the wholesale price for vegetables.
- wholesale marketBinh Dien is one of the largest wholesale markets in the south.
- wholesale changesStaff fear wholesale changes after the takeover.
- wholesale reformExperts are calling for wholesale reform of the pension system.
- wholesale distributorShe runs a wholesale distributor of kitchen equipment.