Wholesaler vs. Dealer

Wholesalernoun

A person or company that buys merchandise from manufacturers, importers, or distributors and resells the merchandise to retail businesses and to business and institutional end users.

Dealernoun

One who deals in goods, especially automobiles; a middleman.

‘That used car dealer gave me a great deal on my 1962 rusted-out Volkswagen bug!’;

Wholesalernoun

someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers

Dealernoun

One who peddles illicit drugs, especially to teenagers.

Dealernoun

A particular type of stock broker or trader.

Dealernoun

The person who deals the cards in a card game.

Dealernoun

One who deals; one who has to do, or has concern, with others; esp., a trader, a trafficker, a shopkeeper, a broker, or a merchant; as, a dealer in dry goods; a dealer in stocks; a retail dealer.

Dealernoun

One who distributes cards to the players.

Dealernoun

someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold

Dealernoun

a firm engaged in trading

Dealernoun

a seller of illicit goods;

‘a dealer in stolen goods’;

Dealernoun

the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account

Dealernoun

the person who distributes the playing cards in a card game

Dealernoun

a person who buys and sells goods

‘a dealer in foreign stamps’;

Dealernoun

a person who buys and sells shares, securities, or other financial assets as a principal (rather than as a broker or agent)

‘a brash young dealer arrived on the dealing floor’;

Dealernoun

a person who sells illegal drugs

‘his mother was a crack dealer and he had a very troubled family life’; ‘she was sucked into an underworld of heroin addicts, dealers, pimps, prostitution, and theft’;

Dealernoun

the player who distributes the cards at the start of a game.