also: といや
wholesaler; wholesale store
A business that buys goods in bulk from manufacturers and sells them to retailers, not directly to consumers.
We source this product directly from a wholesaler.
My grandfather ran a textile wholesale business for many years.
This store gets its vegetables from a wholesaler.
Our company sells its products by going through a wholesaler.
The manufacturer sells its products wholesale to the wholesaler.
wholesaler; wholesale merchant
maritime merchant; shipping agency
cash-basis wholesaler