Wholesaler
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.
Equivalents
15 more languages
Catalàmajorista
Češtinavelkoobchodník
Ελληνικάχονδρέμπορος
Gaeilgemórdhíoltóir
हिन्दीथोक व्यापारी
日本語問屋
Portuguêsatacadista
Русскийоптовик
Türkçetoptancı
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.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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