wholetail

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noun

The sale of products to end user at wholesale prices.

“a 5oz rump steak and golden deep-fried wholetails of scampi, served with tartare sauce”

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Meanings

wholetail1

nounwholetail (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe sale of products to end user at wholesale prices.

    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
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    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

    ABC leverages the MD's web catalog for all 10000 items in their cash-n-carry, "wholetail" store just as Grainger and REI have done.

    2008, Sanitary Supply Wholesaling Association, Understanding Jan-San Redistribution, page 23

wholetail2

nounwholetail (plural wholetails)

plural wholetails

  1. cookingAn entire tail of seafood.

    a 5oz rump steak and golden deep-fried wholetails of scampi, served with tartare sauce

Origin

wholetail · noun

Blend of wholesale + retail.

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wholetail · noun

From whole + tail.

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