wholesale operation

collocation in English

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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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operation
noun
uk
/ˌɒp.ərˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɑː.pəˈreɪ.ʃən/
the fact of operating or ...
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That is not by any definition a money market or awholesaleoperation.
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Thewholesaleoperationwithin the newspaper distribution sector would bear considerable scrutiny.
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It is awholesaleoperationthat affords smaller companies the opportunity to borrow on terms similar to larger companies.
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Field's later purchased more mills to supply its retail andwholesaleoperation.
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Some farmers' markets have wholesale operations, sometimes limited to specific days or hours.
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In the 1960s, a move was made to expand both the wholesale operations of the company and its cigarette manufacturing arm.
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Wholesale operations include large regional produce, furniture, and industrial and construction machinery depots.
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By 1875, business had expanded into both retail and wholesale operations until in 1881 his worth was over $150,000.
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Chuzo was flooded with orders and switched exclusively to wholesale operations, supplying crickets to street dealers and collecting royalties from cage makers.
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By avoiding a middleman and selling high-priced bottles, tasting rooms achieve much greater profits per bottle than in their wholesale operations.
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Wholesale operations commenced in 1994 through careful selection of retail stores.
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