wholesaler

CEFRB2

/hˈoʊˌlseɪlər/

noun

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noun
A business that sells goods in large amounts to retailers.
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noun
Extra detail
A 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.

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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He observed that a wholesaler who supplied my grandfather with goods continued to advertise the implements of a new game, called "Sphairistike."
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.
Among wholesalers, voluntary and cooperatives carry a far wider range and number of items in private brands than do unaffiliateds.

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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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From wholesale + -er.