- Noun - 1. the selling of goods to merchants; usually in large quantities for resale to consumers 
- Verb - 1. sell in large quantities 
- Adjective - 1. selling or related to selling goods in large quantities for resale to the consumer; "wholesale prices""a wholesale produce market"- 2. ignoring distinctions; "sweeping generalizations""wholesale destruction"
- Adverb - 1. at a wholesale price; "I can sell it to you wholesale"- 2. on a large scale without careful discrimination; "I buy food wholesale"