wholesale

en gros

En grandes quantités, généralement à un prix plus bas, surtout pour vendre à des entreprises.

En anglais simple : In large amounts, usually at a lower price, especially when selling to businesses.

• We buy our paper wholesale.
• The farm sells vegetables wholesale to restaurants.
• Buying wholesale can reduce your costs.

Synonymes : in bulk

Contraires : retail

Expressions courantes : buy wholesale, sell wholesale, purchase wholesale

commerce de gros, vente en gros

Activité consistant à vendre des marchandises, généralement en grandes quantités, à des magasins ou à d’autres entreprises.

En anglais simple : The business of selling goods, usually in large amounts, to shops or other businesses.

• She works in wholesale.
• Their business combines wholesale and retail.
• The company sells fruit at wholesale to local shops.

Contraires : retail

Expressions courantes : wholesale trade, wholesale business, at wholesale

massif, généralisé

Qui touche presque tout ou tout le monde, souvent sans choisir avec soin.

En anglais simple : Affecting nearly everything or everyone, often without making careful choices.

• The war caused wholesale destruction.
• They proposed wholesale changes to the system.
• Her wholesale rejection of every suggestion surprised us.

Synonymes : widespread, extensive, indiscriminate, total

Expressions courantes : wholesale destruction, wholesale changes, wholesale rejection