"wholesaler" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: wholesalers [plural]
Etymology: From wholesale + -er. Etymology templates: {{af|en|wholesale|-er|id2=occupation}} wholesale + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} wholesaler (plural wholesalers)
  1. 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. Categories (topical): Business, Occupations, People Translations (person or company that sells goods wholesale to retailers): تَاجِر جُمْلَة (tājir jumla) [masculine] (Arabic), majorista [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 批發商 /批发商 (pīfāshāng) (Chinese Mandarin), velkoobchodník [masculine] (Czech), grossist [common-gender] (Danish), grossier (Dutch), groothandelaar (Dutch), tukkukauppias (Finnish), grossiste (French), Großhändler [masculine] (German), χονδρέμπορος (chondrémporos) (Greek), nagykereskedő (Hungarian), pedagang besar (Indonesian), mórdhíoltóir [masculine] (Irish), 問屋 (alt: とんや, ton'ya, といや, toiya) (Japanese), pemborong (Malay), kaihoko waenga (Maori), grossist [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), grossist [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), hurtownik [masculine] (Polish), atacadista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), оптови́к (optovík) [masculine] (Russian), mayorista [masculine] (Spanish), grossist [common-gender] (Swedish), grosshandlare [common-gender] (Swedish), partihandlare [common-gender] (Swedish), toptancı (Turkish)

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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person or company that sells goods wholesale to retailers",
      "word": "toptancı"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wholesaler"
}

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