wholesaler
noun
Simple meaning
A person or company that buys merchandise from manufacturers.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
hohlsaylerSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈhoʊlseɪlɚ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A person or company that buys merchandise from manufacturers, importers, or distributors and resells the merchandise to retail businesses and to business and institutional end users.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- C1 · Advanced
- Frequency
- Moderately Common
- Typical Use
- Neutral / general English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
This meaning: A person or company that buys merchandise from manufacturers, importers, or distributors and resells the merchandise to retail businesses and to business and institutional end users.
Used this way, wholesaler is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in business or professional contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Business/professional
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More ways to use wholesaler
- “The company acts as a wholesaler, selling goods in bulk to retailers.”noun
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Common Patterns and Combinations
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Word Family
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Inflected forms
Grammatical variations of the same word.
At a wholesale price.
Related Words
Connected to the same idea, not synonyms.
- buyernoun
- distributornoun
- manufacturernoun
- warehousenoun
- retailernoun
- retailverb
- suppliernoun
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Synonyms
Sense: person or company that buys merchandise from manufacturers
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