wholesaler
/'houl,seil /
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Definition
Noun: A wholesaler is a person or business that purchases goods in very large quantities from manufacturers or producers and then sells those goods, typically in smaller quantities, to retailers or other businesses. A wholesaler does not sell directly to the final, individual consumer.
Usage
The term is used to describe a key intermediary in the supply chain between producers and retail stores. It is a standard business and economic term.
Examples
- The wholesaler delivered a pallet of canned goods to the local grocery store.
- Small boutique owners often buy their inventory from a fashion wholesaler.
- To get the best prices, the restaurant chain sources its ingredients directly from a food wholesaler.
Advanced Usage
- Acting as a wholesaler: This phrase describes the function of selling in bulk to other traders.
- The company began acting as a wholesaler for electronic components in addition to manufacturing them.
Variants and Related Words
- Wholesale (noun): The business or activity of selling goods in large quantities at low prices to retailers.
- He works in the wholesale sector.
- Wholesale (verb): To sell goods in large quantities at low prices, typically to be retailed by others.
- The factory wholesales its products to distributors.
- Wholesale (adjective/adverb): Involving or done on a large scale.
- The government condemned the wholesale destruction of the forest. (adjective)
- The company bought the materials wholesale. (adverb)
- Distributor: A very similar term, often used interchangeably, though a distributor may have an exclusive agreement with a manufacturer and provide more services.
Synonyms
- Distributor
- Jobber (in specific trades)
- Merchant
- Supplier
Antonyms
- Retailer
- Customer
- Consumer
Noun
- someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers