wholesale house
Definition
Noun: A business establishment that sells goods in large quantities, typically to retailers or other businesses, rather than to individual consumers. It operates as a sales outlet offering goods at a discounted price per unit due to the volume of purchase.
Usage
A "wholesale house" is a specific type of commercial entity. It is used to refer to the physical location or the company itself that engages in wholesale trade. * The furniture retailer sources all its stock from a large wholesale house in the city. * To get those prices, you need to have an account with a wholesale house; they don't sell to the public.
Advanced Usage
- The term can sometimes be used metonymically to refer to the wholesale business or industry as an abstract entity.
- He made his fortune in the wholesale house business.
Variants and Related Words
- Wholesaler (noun): A company or person that sells goods wholesale. This is a more common term than "wholesale house" in modern business English.
- We are a leading wholesaler of electronic components.
- Distributor (noun): A business that supplies goods to retailers. While similar, a distributor may have exclusive rights to a product in a region and provide additional services like marketing, whereas a wholesale house may simply sell bulk goods.
- Warehouse club (noun): A type of retail store that sells a wide variety of merchandise in bulk, often requiring membership, blurring the line between wholesale and retail.
Synonyms
- Wholesaler
- Distributor
- Jobber (in specific trades)
- Merchant (in a wholesale context)
Antonyms
- Retail store
- Retail outlet
- Boutique
Noun
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a sales outlet offering goods at a discounted price
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