Business Dictionary :

Whole-Life Insurance, Wholesale, Will and Win



Previous Page


Whole-Life Insurance : noun : insurance where the insured person pays a fixed premium each year and the insurance company pays a sum when he dies


Wholesale : noun & adverb : buying goods from manufacturers and selling in large quantities to traders who then sell in smaller quantities to the general public

• Wholesale Discount

• Wholesale Shop



Wholesale Dealer = person who buys in bulk from manufacturers and sells to retailers


Wholesale Price Index = index showing the rises and falls of prices of manufactured goods as they leave the factory

• He buys wholesale and sells retail.

• He buys goods in bulk at a wholesale discount and then sells in small quantities to the public.


NOTE : no plural


Wholesaler : noun : person who buys goods in bulk from manufacturers and sells them to retailers


Wholly-Owned Subsidiary : noun : company which is owned completely by another company


Wildcat Strike : noun : strike organized suddenly by worker without the main union office knowing about it


Will : noun : legal document where someone says what should happen to his property when he dies

• He wrote his will in 1964.

• According to her will, all her property is left to her children.



Win : verb : to be successful

• To win a contract = to be successful in tendering for a contract the company announced that it had won a contract worth £25m to supply buses and trucks


NOTE : winning - won

Business Dictionary Index






From Whole-Life Insurance to HOME PAGE