Noah Webster
Wholesale
WHOLESALE, noun [whole and sale.]
1. Sale of goods by the piece or large quantity; as distinguished from retail. Some traders sell either by wholesale or retail.
2. The whole mass.
Some from vanity or envy, despise a valuable book, and throw contempt upon it by wholesale
WHOLESALE, adjective [supra.]
1. Buying and selling by the piece or quantity; as a wholesale merchant or dealer.
2. Pertaining to the trade by the piece or quantity; as the wholesale price.