wholesaler

noun

whole·​sal·​er ˈhōl-ˌsā-lər How to pronounce wholesaler (audio)
: a merchant middleman who sells chiefly to retailers, other merchants, or industrial, institutional, and commercial users mainly for resale or business use

Examples of wholesaler in a Sentence

a leading wholesaler in the book business
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Together, almost 200 lawsuits allege that everyone from cattlemen to meat wholesalers and distributors to end users like McDonald’s have lost billions of dollars because they were either forced to pay too much for beef or were paid too little for their cattle. Peter Green, Quartz, 26 Oct. 2024 Some restaurateurs and chefs use suppliers or wholesalers, but there’s sometimes not enough to go around. Ahmed Ali Akbar, Chicago Tribune, 16 Oct. 2024 Producer price index data comes on Friday, offering insight into inflation from a wholesaler perspective. Alex Harring, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2024 Village Apothecary Independent pharmacists who spoke to NBC News claimed that the delays are due to drug manufacturers and wholesalers prioritizing larger retail chains, including CVS and Walgreens, for their early shipments, an assertion both Pfizer and Moderna pushed back on. Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 5 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for wholesaler 

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1800, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of wholesaler was circa 1800

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“Wholesaler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wholesaler. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

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