wholesale distribution

collocation in English

meaningsofwholesaleanddistribution

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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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distribution
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌdɪs.trɪˈbjuː.ʃən/us
/ˌdɪs.trɪˈbjuː.ʃən/
the process of giving things out to several people, or spreading or ...
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(Definition ofwholesaleanddistributionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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What is at stake here is the whole organisation of retail and, indeed,wholesaledistributionin the country.
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Apart from that, there iswholesaledistributionand sport and recreation.
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I am far from supposing that everything is well in the retail andwholesaledistributionof fruit and vegetables.
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The direct investment is widely spread among different industries, with substantial holding in mining, tobacco, chemicals, engineering, paper, rubber andwholesaledistribution.
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I am afraid that thiswholesaledistributionof prizes will be very wasteful, and will only touch the surface of this great problem.
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In some cases the membership includes representatives of retail organisations, but a number of committees are dealing solely with bulk supplies andwholesaledistribution.
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About 28,000 were lost in the port, the railways, the construction industry and utilities, 21,000 in retail andwholesaledistributionand 31,000 in manufacturing industry.
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As to the question of the distribution of information to would-be immigrants, thewholesaledistributionof information is simply not practicable.
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Is it not true that thewholesaledistributionof meat by these arrangements is considerably cheaper than it ever was under private enterprise?
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In addition, the agency undertakes regular inspections ofwholesaledistributionand independently samples a range of products available to the public.
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I am informed that these associations are composed of meat wholesalers who-were engaged in thewholesaledistributionof meat in 1938.
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To say that it is a good thing to produce boots but a bad thing to engage in thewholesaledistributionof boots is foolish.
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The same will apply inwholesaledistribution, as the retailer will be forced to try to obtain what extra supplies he can for his customers.
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I need not go into details now, but we contemplated then having public control of thewholesaledistributionof milk.
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These firms have made available managerial, technical and clerical staff, and premises and equipment for thewholesaledistributionof meat.
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That is one of the reasons why it is suggested that thewholesaledistributionof milk ought to be controlled.
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There is also the need for another census ofwholesaledistribution.
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Schemes for the rationalisation of the collection andwholesaledistributionof milk are now being worked out.
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The rationalization ofwholesaledistributionis also now in hand.
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He was referring to thewholesaledistributionof school milk to practically every child in the country.
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