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WHOLESALE, n. [whole and sale.] 1. Sale of goods by the piece or large quantity; as distinguished from retail. Some traders sell either by wholesale or retail. 2. The whole mass. Some from vanity or envy, desp...

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WHOLESALE, n. [whole and sale.]

1. Sale of goods by the piece or large quantity; as distinguished from retail. Some traders sell either by wholesale or retail.

2. The whole mass.

Some from vanity or envy, despise a valuable book, and throw contempt upon it by wholesale.

WHOLESALE, a. [supra.]

1. Buying and selling by the piece or quantity; as a wholesale merchant or dealer.

2. Pertaining to the trade by the piece or quantity; as the wholesale price.

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