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wholesaling

American  
[hohl-sey-ling] / ˈhoʊlˌseɪ lɪŋ /

noun

  1. the business of selling to retailers, especially in large quantities (retailing ).


Etymology

Origin of wholesaling

First recorded in 1790–1800; wholesale + -ing 1

Example Sentences

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Jefferies also expects Sigma to make improvements in its wholesaling business.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

After the public sector, the wholesaling, retailing, hotels and restaurants sector showed the strongest regular annual growth rate.

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025

Prices for machinery and vehicle wholesaling, portfolio management and long-distance motor carrying also rose.

From Reuters • Dec. 9, 2022

It found that Americans paid an estimated $1.1 trillion of the cost of producing, processing, retailing, and wholesaling of food in 2019.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2022

They called it railroading, high finance, banking, wholesaling, real estate, and such things, but the point was that they got it, while she got what was left,—twenty-two cents.

From Burning Daylight by London, Jack