Fashions or products that are sold for less money than regular retail prices in major stores
the sale of telecommunications services at a discounted or wholesale price to other telecommunication services suppliers who then resell them to customers
described through total number rather than specific identity [Example: showing a total of two kings, rather than which ones they are, would be "showing kings wholesale "]
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
As opposed to retail, wholesale concerns the direct traffic routing between a carrier and another carrier
Just over half the water produced by Seattle Public Utilities is sold directly to consumers in Seattle's direct service area The rest is sold wholesale to 26 neighboring cities and water districts referred to as purveyors These purveyors are listed below
the buying and selling of products from manufacturer to wholesaler Products are usually exchanged in large quantities (called bulk) for a profit The wholesaler then sells the products (usually in smaller quantities) to retailers, making a profit In turn, retailers sell the products (in even smaller quantities) to consumers, again for profit
emphasis You use wholesale to describe the destruction, removal, or changing of something when it affects a very large number of things or people. They are only doing what is necessary to prevent wholesale destruction of vegetation. the business of selling goods in large quantities at low prices to other businesses, rather than to the general public retail