Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
WHOLESALE
I. noun
Date: 15th century
the sale of commodities in quantity usually for resale (as by a retail merchant),
II. adjective
Date: 1642
performed or existing on a large scale especially without discrimination , of, relating to, or engaged in the sale of commodities in quantity for resale ,
III. adverb
Date: 1732
in a wholesale manner,
IV. verb (wholesaled; wholesaling)
Date: 1800
transitive verb to sell (something) in quantity usually for resale, intransitive verb to sell in quantity usually for resale