OZDIC

wholesale

UK /ˈhoʊlseɪl/ US /ˈhoʊlseɪl/
adj 2adv 2noun 1verb 1

Definitions

noun

1

The sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants.

adj

1

Of or relating to sale in large quantities, for resale.

2

Extensive, indiscriminate, all-encompassing; blanket.

The bombing resulted in wholesale destruction.

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.

adv

1

In bulk or large quantity.

2

Indiscriminately.

It still feels unnerving to some, even those caught in the crossfire, to see injuries invented wholesale and lies accepted by the highest court in the land.

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