WHOLESALE

I. noun Date: 15th century the sale of commodities in quantity usually for resale (as by a retail merchant), II. adjective Date: 1642 performed or existing on a large scale especially without discrimination , of, relating to, or engaged in the sale of commodities in quantity for resale , III. adverb Date: 1732 in a ~ manner, IV. verb (~d; wholesaling) Date: 1800 transitive verb to sell (something) in quantity usually for resale, intransitive verb to sell in quantity usually for resale