wholetail

English

Etymology 1

Blend of wholesale +‎ retail

Noun

wholetail (uncountable)

1. The sale of products to end user at wholesale prices.
   • 1999 November 18, “Believe Your Eyes, The New Economy Is Real”, in Wall Street Journal Online:

     Sorry, Willy Loman, but the Internet's disintermediation is squeezing it all down to wholetail.

   • 2003 July 23, “Sanjiu Group Sets Up New Branch in Shanghai”, in AsiaInfo Services:

     It has established many branches of retail and wholetail in Eastern China.

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

     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.

See also

• warehouse club

Etymology 2

whole +‎ tail

Noun

wholetail (plural wholetails)

1. (cooking) An entire tail of seafood.

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