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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Dominic Esquibel, who managed the Marge’s Flowers account as a wholesaler, said that the shop’s co-owner, Gloria Kalmes, was well-known in the area. Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025 The brand is already distributed in more than 80 countries through wholesalers and digital marketplaces and has a total of 150 stores and shops-in-shop. Evan Clark, WWD, 2 Jan. 2025 Pubs Are Running Out of Guinness: Guinness’s parent company has limited the amount of the beer that U.K. wholesalers and distributors can buy each week, after surging demand led to fears of shortages. Mark Landler, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024 To analyze the prevalence of magazine disconnects in the current handgun market, NBC News relied on data from retail stores collected by the National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers, a trade group for firearms wholesalers and manufacturers, on handgun sales from July 2023 to June 2024. Suzy Khimm, NBC News, 13 Dec. 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 18 Jan. 2025.

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