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wholetail

wholetail noun: the sale of products to end user at wholesale prices.

Noun (1)

wholetail (uncountable)

  1. The sale of products to end user at wholesale prices.
    • Sorry, Willy Loman, but the Internet's disintermediation is squeezing it all down to wholetail.1999 November 18, “Believe Your Eyes, The New Economy Is Real”, in Wall Street Journal Online
    • It has established many branches of retail and wholetail in Eastern China.2003 July 23, “Sanjiu Group Sets Up New Branch in Shanghai”, in AsiaInfo Services

Noun (2)

wholetail (plural wholetails)

  1. An entire tail of seafood.
    • a 5oz rump steak and golden deep-fried wholetails of scampi, served with tartare sauce

Forms of wholetail

pluralwholetails

Origin of wholetail

Blend of wholesale + retail.

From whole + tail.

Questions about wholetail

What does wholetail mean?
Wholetail means the sale of products to end user at wholesale prices.
What part of speech is wholetail?
Wholetail is a noun.
What is the plural of wholetail?
The plural of wholetail is wholetails.

Words near wholetail in the dictionary

  1. wholesomer
  2. wholesomest
  3. wholesomnesse
  4. wholest
  5. wholestitch
  6. wholetail
  7. wholetails
  8. wholetime
  9. wholetone
  10. wholetones
  11. wholetrain

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