Wholesaler Meaning
/hˈoʊˌlseɪlər/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA person or company that buys merchandise from manufacturers, importers, or distributors and resells the merchandise to retail businesses and to business and institutional end users.
Sentence Examples
Tom retired from his job as a wholesaler of flowers.
Tom is a prescription drug wholesaler.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Every morning, the ____ supplies fresh produce to grocery stores across the city.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A ____ is a company that buys products in large quantities and then sells them on to several smaller local shops today.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English wholesale Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English wholesaler From wholesale + -er.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"He observed that a wholesaler who supplied my grandfather with goods continued to advertise the implements of a new game, called "Sphairistike.""
— 1941, Sir Arnold Henry Moore Lunn, Come what may: an autobiography, Little, Brown and company, page 7:
"Your market gardener is not a well-breeched man, dependant as he is on the imponderables of glut, the inequities of distribution, and the greeds of wholesaler and retailer."
— 1954, Thomas Firbank, Log Hut, page 194:
"Among wholesalers, voluntary and cooperatives carry a far wider range and number of items in private brands than do unaffiliateds."
— 1968, Progressive Grocer's Marketing Guidebook, page 13:
"The packinghouse usually delivers shrimp to a few regular customers, such as breaders, freezers, canners, or wholesalers of fresh shrimp."
— 1976, USITC Publication - Issue 773, page A-33:
"Now it seems parent company Anheuser-Busch is taking steps to help wholesalers who have taken a hit."
— 2023 May 22, Brian Flood, “Bud Light buying back unsold, expired beer from wholesalers as sales continue to suffer: report”, in Fox News:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Every morning, the ____ supplies fresh produce to grocery stores across the city.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A ____ is a company that buys products in large quantities and then sells them on to several smaller local shops today.