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wholesale
Universal Words
adjective [onlybeforenoun]
1 connected with goods that are bought and sold in large quantities, especially so they can be sold again to make a profit:
wholesale goods / prices
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2 (especially of sth bad) happening or done to a very large number of people or things:
the wholesale slaughter of innocent people
wholesale adverb:
We buy the building materials wholesale. * These young people die wholesale from heroin overdoses.