wholesale

/ˈhoʊlseɪl/noun

The business of selling goods, usually in bulk, to shops or other traders rather than directly to the public.

Example sentence

“The shop buys its stock at wholesale and sells it at a markup.”

The opposite of retail. As an adverb it means completely and indiscriminately: 'the plan was rejected wholesale'.

Related words

merchantSomeone whose business is buying and selling goods to make money.retailThe business of selling goods directly to customers, whether in shops, by mail, or online.shippingThe business or process of moving goods from one place to another.markdownA price cut meant to encourage people to buy.exchangeThe act of giving one thing and receiving another in return; a trade.changeTo turn into something different from before.