bulk buying
noun[U]
COMMERCEukustheactivityofbuyinglargequantitiesof aproduct,especiallyto getcheaperprices:
Supermarkets do notseemtoencouragebulkbuying:theirpricesformultipleproductsare not muchcheaperthanbuyingtheproductsindividually.
Examplesofbulk buying
bulk buying
The supply point cost is skewed towardbulkbuyingmaking a 200 charge purchase cheaper on a per charge price as opposed to 100 charges.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The cash-and-carry concept is based around self-service andbulkbuying.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Then the company pioneered the concept of multiple retailing, capitalising onbulkbuyingand economies of scale.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The bargainbulkbuyingprice that was quoted because the plane would be in peak production starting in 2016 is gone.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There would be morebulkbuyingthan there is at present.
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Much has been said about the civil servants who carry outbulkbuying.
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I think that the subject ofbulkbuying, when it comes to the particular, can rightly be divided into two.
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Of course, during times of rising pricesbulkbuyingis not subjected to the severest test.
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For most of the commoditiesbulkbuyinghas now ceased, except in the food markets.
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He brought up the old question ofbulkbuyingand long-term contracts.
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