1. The selling of goods to merchants; usually in large quantities for resale to consumers
   "The company engages in wholesale of electronic components"

1. Ignoring distinctions
   "wholesale destruction";
   - sweeping

1. At a wholesale price
   "I can sell it to you wholesale"
    
2. On a large scale without careful discrimination
   "I buy food wholesale";
   - in large quantities

1. Sell in large quantities
   "The company wholesales electronics to retailers"

Derived forms: wholesales, wholesaled, wholesaling

See also: indiscriminate

Type of: flog [Brit, informal], sell

Antonym: retail

Encyclopedia: Wholesale