1. (n.) Sale of goods by the piece or large quantity, as distinguished from retail.

2. (a.) Pertaining to, or engaged in, trade by the piece or large quantity; selling to retailers or jobbers rather than to consumers; as, a wholesale merchant; the wholesale price.

3. (a.) Extensive and indiscriminate; as, wholesale slaughter.

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