wholesale

adverb

/ˈhəʊlseɪl/

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in large quantities, especially so they can be sold again to make a profit
- We buy the building materials wholesale.
compare retailTopics Businessc2
in very large numbers
- These young people die wholesale from heroin overdoses.

adjective

/ˈhəʊlseɪl/

[only before noun]

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connected with goods that are bought and sold in large quantities, especially so they can be sold again to make a profit
- wholesale prices
compare retail1Topics Shoppingc2
(especially of something bad) happening or done to a very large number of people or things
- the wholesale slaughter of innocent people
Extra Examples
- Localized tensions had developed into wholesale slaughter.
- The government warned that wholesale changes could lead to major destabilization.
- They did their best to prevent the wholesale destruction of the cities.

Word Originlate Middle English: originally as by whole sale ‘in large quantities’.

单词	wholesale
释义	wholesale adverb /ˈhəʊlseɪl/ /ˈhəʊlseɪl/ jump to other results in large quantities, especially so they can be sold again to make a profit We buy the building materials wholesale. compare retailTopics Businessc2 in very large numbers These young people die wholesale from heroin overdoses. wholesale adjective /ˈhəʊlseɪl/ /ˈhəʊlseɪl/ [only before noun] jump to other results connected with goods that are bought and sold in large quantities, especially so they can be sold again to make a profit wholesale prices compare retail1Topics Shoppingc2 (especially of something bad) happening or done to a very large number of people or things the wholesale slaughter of innocent people Extra Examples Localized tensions had developed into wholesale slaughter. The government warned that wholesale changes could lead to major destabilization. They did their best to prevent the wholesale destruction of the cities. Word Originlate Middle English: originally as by whole sale ‘in large quantities’.
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