Wholesaling, jobbing, or distributing is defined as the sale of goods or merchandise to retailers, to industrial, commercial, institutional, or other professional business users, or to other wholesalers and related subordinated services. In general, it is the sale of goods to anyone other than a standard consumer.

According to the United Nations Statistics Division, "wholesale" is the resale (sale without transformation) of new and used goods to retailers, to industrial, commercial, institutional or professional users, or to other wholesalers, or involves acting as an agent or broker in buying merchandise for, or selling merchandise to, such persons or companies. Wholesalers frequently physically assemble, sort and grade goods in large lots, break bulk, repack and redistribute in smaller lots. While wholesalers of most products usually operate from independent premises, wholesale marketing for foodstuffs can take place at specific wholesale markets where all traders are congregated.

Traditionally, wholesalers were closer to the markets they supplied than the source from which they got the products.

However, with the advent of the internet and E-procurement there are an increasing number of wholesalers located nearer manufacturing bases in China, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia. For example, Chinavasion, Ownta, Salehoo, and Modbom. These companies offer drop shipping services to companies and individuals.

In the banking industry "wholesale" usually refers to wholesale banking, providing tailored services to large customers, in contrast with retail banking, providing standardized services to large numbers of smaller customers.

Noun

mass (countable and uncountable; plural masses)

1. A quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size; as, a mass of ore, metal, sand, or water.
   • 1718 [1704], Isaac Newton, Opticks, Second Edition,

     And if it were not for theſe Principles the Bodies of the Earth, Planets, Comets, Sun, and all things in them would grow cold and freeze, and become inactive Maſſes ; […] .

   • 1821, George Buchanan (Latin original Rerum Scoticarum Historia, 1582), translator not named, The History of Scotland, from the Earliest Accounts of that Nation, to the Reign of King James VI, Volume 1, page 133,

     […] and because a deep mass of continual sea is slower stirred to rage.

2. A large quantity; a sum.
   • 1829, Sir Walter Raleigh, The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt, Volume VIII,

     […] he hath discovered to me the way to five or six of the richest mines which the Spaniard hath, and whence all the mass of gold that comes into Spain in effect is drawn.

   • 1869, Alexander George Richey, Lectures on the History of Ireland: Down to A. D. 1534, page 204,

     For though he had spent a huge mass of treasure in transporting his army, […] .

3. Bulk; magnitude; body; size.
   • c.1599-1601, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Act 4, Scene 4,

     Witness this army of such mass and charge / Led by a delicate and tender prince,

4. The principal part; the main body.
   • 1881, Thucydides, Benjamin Jowett Thucydides translated into English, Volume 1, page 310,

     Night closed upon the pursuit, and aided the mass of the fugitives in their escape.

5. (physics) The quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume. It is one of four fundamental properties of matter. It is measured in kilograms in the SI system of measurement.
6. (pharmacy) A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills; as, blue mass.
7. (medicine) A palpable or visible abnormal globular structure; a tumor.
8. (bodybuilding) Excess body weight, especially in the form of muscle hypertrophy.
   • 1988, Steve Holman, "Christian Conquers Columbus", Ironman 47 (6): 28-34.

     After all, muscle maniacs go "ga ga" over mass no matter how it's presented.

9. A large body of individuals, especially persons.

   The mass of spectators didn't see the infraction on the field.

   A mass of ships converged on the beaches of Dunkirk.

10. (in the plural) The lower classes of persons.

    The masses are revolting.

See also

• Customary units: slug, pound, ounce, long ton (1.12 short tons), short ton (commonly used)
• Metric units: gram (g), kilogram (kg), metric ton

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