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wholesaler
What does wholesaler mean?
wholesaler (noun): someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Where does wholesaler come from?
From wholesale + -er.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to wholesaler
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “wholesaler” mean?
an exclusive control over the trade or production of a commodity or service through exclusive possession
Not quite: that's what monopoly means.
someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
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the act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim
Not quite: that's what assumption means.
a standard, test, or requirement by which individual things or people may be compared and judged; a gauge
Not quite: that's what criterion means.
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