wholesale

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Related topics: Trade

wholesale2 adjectiveadj

1 BBTrelating to the business of selling goods in large quantities at low prices to other businesses, rather than to the general public 批發的，整批賣的 → retail

wholesale prices

批發價

2 BIG[usually before noun] affecting almost everything or everyone, and often done without any concern for the results 大規模的〔通常指不考慮結果〕

the capture and wholesale destruction of a city

一座城市的淪陷和大規模毀壞

This company will not be successful until there are wholesale changes.

如不作出大規模變革，這家公司不會有所作爲。

—wholesale adverbadv

I can get it for you wholesale.

我能以批發價爲你買到它。

Examples from the Corpus

wholesale• Nor does there seem to have been any wholesale burning of books and manuscripts.• Banks were able to bid aggressively for wholesale deposits and to take in funds in return for the issue of certificates of deposit.• As Figure 17.6 shows, wholesale funding has accounted for a growing share of the building societies' total funding.• There may be speculation that wholesale prices will fall further, he said.• The shopkeeper buys his fruit and vegetables at wholesale prices.• What we need is a wholesale restructuring of the process.

From Longman Business Dictionary

wholesalewhole·sale1 /ˈhəʊlseɪlˈhoʊl-/ noun [uncountableU]COMMERCE

the business of selling large quantities of goods at low prices to other businesses, rather than to the general public

wholesalewholesale2 adjectiveadjCOMMERCE

1involving the business of selling goods in large quantities to businesses, rather than to the general public

Thewholesale trade sector lost 14,000 jobs.

Japan’s overallwholesale prices in December were unchanged.

2involving the business of providing services to other businesses, rather than to the general public

The country’s long-term credit banks are primarily wholesale lenders (=banks that lend to other financial institutions and to companies).

→ compare retail1

—wholesale adverbadv

Dealing wholesale requires certification by a local authority.