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Wholesaler

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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.

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Examples

“He observed that a wholesaler who supplied my grandfather with goods continued to advertise the implements of a new game, called "Sphairistike."”
Your market gardener is not a well-breeched man, dependant as he is on the imponderables of glut, the inequities of distribution, and the greeds of wholesaler and retailer.”
Among wholesalers, voluntary and cooperatives carry a far wider range and number of items in private brands than do unaffiliateds.”
The packinghouse usually delivers shrimp to a few regular customers, such as breaders, freezers, canners, or wholesalers of fresh shrimp.”
Now it seems parent company Anheuser-Busch is taking steps to help wholesalers who have taken a hit.”
“Do it Best is a member-owned wholesaler that sells hardware, lumber and other home goods to independent stores.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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