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HOHLS-ayl/ˈhəʊlseɪl/

Wholesale means sold in bulk to shops, or complete and affecting everything: wholesale prices, wholesale reform. Retail (already in the dictionary) sits opposite for trade; partial sits opposite for scale. Agility is a culture word; deleted rest days are a fact.

Meaning

Of goods, sold in bulk to shops; also complete and affecting everything.

Examples

• “Wholesale deletion of rest days is a rota fact, not “agility”.”
• “Retail is already in this course (to the public). Comprehensive is the complete twin. Agility is a poster. A rest day is a cell. Put the days back, or name the cut in the minute.”

Good to know

In bulk, or complete across the board. Trade opposite: retail (already in the dictionary). Agility ≠ deleted rest days.

Near in meaning

comprehensive

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