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wholesaler

/ˈhoʊlseɪlər/
/ˈhʌʊlseɪlə/
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Other forms: wholesalers

A wholesaler is a person or business that sells items to retail stores, which then sell them to individual customers for a higher price.

You could also call a wholesaler a distributor. Anyone who sells goods to other businesses, rather than directly to customers, is a wholesaler. The bookshop in your town and the big-box store in a strip mall are both retailers; they buy goods from wholesalers, who sell them large quantities of books or patio furniture, etc., to be resold to individual shoppers.

Definitions of wholesaler
  1. noun
    someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
    synonyms: jobber, middleman
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    types:
    meat packer, packer
    a wholesaler in the meat-packing business
    type of:
    distributer, distributor
    someone who markets merchandise
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