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{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "retail"
}
],
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"2": "whole",
"3": "sale"
},
"expansion": "whole + sale",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From whole + sale.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "wholesales",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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},
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"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Business",
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"parents": [
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"Society",
"Social sciences",
"All topics",
"Sciences",
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}
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"word": "wholesaler"
}
],
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"The sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants."
],
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"links": [
[
"business",
"business"
],
[
"sale",
"sale"
],
[
"product",
"product"
],
[
"large",
"large"
],
[
"quantities",
"quantities"
],
[
"retailer",
"retailer"
],
[
"merchant",
"merchant"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(business) The sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "bulk supply"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"business"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔijmāliyy",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"word": "إِجْمَالِيّ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "bi-l-jumlati",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"word": "بِالْجُمْلَةِ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "bayʕ bi-l-jumlati",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"word": "بَيْع بِالْجُمْلَةِ"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "paikari",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"word": "পাইকাৰী"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tǎrgovíja na édro",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "търгови́я на е́дро"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"word": "a l'engròs"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"word": "批發"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "pīfā",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"word": "批发"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "velkoobchod"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "engroshandel"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "en groshandel"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "engrosvirksomhed"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "en grosvirksomhed"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "groothandel"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"word": "hulgimüük"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"word": "tukkukauppa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vente en gros"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Großhandel"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "chondrikí",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "χονδρική"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "thok",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "थोक"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"word": "nagykereskedelem"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "heildsala"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "heildverslun"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"word": "borong"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mórdhíol"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"word": "ingrosso"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"word": "all'ingrosso"
},
{
"alt": "おろしうり",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "oroshiuri",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"word": "卸売"
},
{
"alt": "都賣",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "domae",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"word": "도매"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"word": "hokorau"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "engroshandel"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "'omde-foruši",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"word": "عمدهفروشی"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hurt"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "atacado"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"word": "en gros"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "optóvaja torgóvlja",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "опто́вая торго́вля"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "велепро̀даја"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "velepròdaja"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "veľkoobchod"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "venta al por mayor"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mayoreo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "partihandel"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "grossistverksamhet"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "grosshandel"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"word": "pakyaw"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"word": "pamamakyaw"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"word": "toptancılık"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"word": "bán sỉ"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cyfanwerth"
}
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈhoʊlseɪl/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-oʊlseɪl"
},
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"Of or relating to sale in large quantities, for resale."
],
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"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "aptóvy",
"sense": "of or relating to sale in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "апто́вы"
},
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"roman": "hurtavý",
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"word": "гуртавы́"
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"roman": "ahúlʹny",
"sense": "of or relating to sale in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "агу́льны"
},
{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "na édro",
"sense": "of or relating to sale in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "на е́дро"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "of or relating to sale in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "a l'engròs"
},
{
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"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "of or relating to sale in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "kowlwerth"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "of or relating to sale in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "velkoobchodní"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "of or relating to sale in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "engros"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "of or relating to sale in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "en gros"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "of or relating to sale in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "grootschalig"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of or relating to sale in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "tukku-"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of or relating to sale in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "en gros"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sabitumo",
"sense": "of or relating to sale in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "საბითუმო"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of or relating to sale in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "Großhandels-"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "chondrikós",
"sense": "of or relating to sale in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "χονδρικός"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "of or relating to sale in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "nagybani"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of or relating to sale in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "all'ingrosso"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "of or relating to sale in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "magnārius"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "of or relating to sale in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "en gros"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "of or relating to sale in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "hurtowy"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of or relating to sale in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "atacado"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "optóvyj",
"sense": "of or relating to sale in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "опто́вый"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "optóvyj",
"sense": "of or relating to sale in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "опто́вий"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "hurtovýj",
"sense": "of or relating to sale in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "гуртови́й"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ohúlʹnyj",
"sense": "of or relating to sale in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "огу́льний"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "cy",
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"sense": "of or relating to sale in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "cyfanwerthol"
}
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{
"text": "The bombing resulted in wholesale destruction.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1946 July and August, “Mileposts and their Peculiarities”, in Railway Magazine, page 217",
"text": "But beyond these cut-offs, to avoid the wholesale alteration of all mileposting and mileages—of bridges and culverts, for example—the original mileposts have remained unaltered.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1961 October, “The winter timetables of British Railways: London Midland Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 593",
"text": "By wholesale omission of connections and by the use of a microscopic scale of photographic reproduction which makes some of the most important tables difficult to read, the size has been cut down from last winter's 580 to 520 pages only.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 43",
"text": "With financial losses emerging in 1957, the BTC abandoned the diesel pilot scheme in favour of wholesale orders for untried designs.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Extensive, indiscriminate, all-encompassing; blanket."
],
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[
"indiscriminate",
"indiscriminate"
],
[
"all-encompassing",
"all-encompassing"
],
[
"blanket",
"blanket"
]
],
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"(figurative) Extensive, indiscriminate, all-encompassing; blanket."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
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},
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "engros"
},
{
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"code": "da",
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"word": "en gros"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "tukuttain"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "en gros"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "bitumad",
"sense": "in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "ბითუმად"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "chondriká",
"sense": "in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "χονδρικά"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "nagyban"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "acervatim"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "en gros"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "hurtowo"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "óptom",
"sense": "in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "о́птом"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
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"sense": "of or relating to sale in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "огу́льний"
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "of or relating to sale in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "cyfanwerthol"
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],
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}
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"translations": [
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "engros"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "en gros"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "tukuttain"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "en gros"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "bitumad",
"sense": "in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "ბითუმად"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "chondriká",
"sense": "in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "χονδρικά"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "nagyban"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "acervatim"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "en gros"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "hurtowo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "óptom",
"sense": "in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "о́птом"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "in bulk or large quantity",
"word": "ar gyfanwerth"
}
],
"word": "wholesale"
}
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{
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "sell in bulk",
"word": "kowlwertha"
}
],
"word": "wholesale"
}
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