wholesale business

collocation in English

meaningsofwholesaleandbusiness

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wholesale
adjective
adverb
uk
/ˈhəʊl.seɪl/us
/ˈhoʊl.seɪl/
of or for the selling of goods in large amounts at low prices to shops and businesses, rather than the selling of goods in shops ...
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business
noun
uk
/ˈbɪz.nɪs/us
/ˈbɪz.nɪs/
the activity of buying and selling goods ...
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(Definition ofwholesaleandbusinessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They also financed the marketing of exportable goods by controlling the storage, transport andwholesalebusiness.
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Many of us feel that there is a great difficulty in new people starting up a genuinewholesalebusiness.
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The farmer is in the same position as the proprietor of a one-man business, someone running a factory, a grocer's shop or awholesalebusiness.
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They are shopkeepers and salesmen, and much of the retail andwholesalebusinessin towns and villages is in their hands.
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Again, it is likely in thewholesalebusinessthat capital costs per unit of work done are likely to fall?
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To compare it to any other retail orwholesalebusinesscommodity is wrong.
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I should have thought that, by its very nature, an export business must be awholesalebusiness.
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It is enormously important to realise that behind allwholesalebusinessthere are individuals who will be affected by the nature of its conduct.
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The definition of the word "shop" includes not only retail business premises but alsowholesalebusinesspremises.
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These are therefore not surelywholesalebusinesstransactions defined with respect to large banks or institutions dealing with each other but transactions which could involve individuals.
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We want to make it possible for ordinary people, who desire in every way to keep within the law, to set up in thewholesalebusiness.
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He was first employed with a wholesale dry goods firm, establishing an importing andwholesalebusiness in partnership with his younger brother around 1850.
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In the early 1950s, in addition to its catalog and retail operation, management recognized growing opportunities in the office productswholesalebusiness.
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He later became partner and then sole owner of awholesalebusinessinvolved in the sale of marble and granite for construction.
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It soon became a thrivingwholesalebusinesswith deliveries being made by horse and buggy.
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Farming, farming related business, education, retail andwholesalebusiness, handloom, weaving etc. are the major occupations.
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Kress will manage the $300 million global retail andwholesalebusiness, in addition to spearheading new initiatives and brand extensions., handbags comprise 5% of sales.
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And also, thewholesalebusinessmanages corporate banking, operations in financial markets and treasury management.
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Later, in addition to itswholesalebusiness, the nursery started a retail operation with ornamental trees and plants for homes and gardens.
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