bulk discount

Meaning

A bulk discount is a reduced price offered to customers who buy a large quantity of a product at one time. It is commonly used in wholesale, business-to-business (B2B) sales, and retail promotions to encourage larger orders. The tone is professional and commercial.

Examples

• If we order more than five hundred units, can we get a bulk discount?

  If we order more than five hundred units, can we get a bulk discount?

• The supplier offers a ten percent bulk discount on all wholesale purchases.

  The supplier offers a ten percent bulk discount on all wholesale purchases.

• We managed to negotiate a bulk discount because we buy from them every month.

  We managed to negotiate a bulk discount because we buy from them every month.

• They don't usually give a bulk discount unless you meet their minimum order quantity.

  They don't usually give a bulk discount unless you meet their minimum order quantity.

• Buying in large quantities is cheaper because of the generous bulk discount.

  Buying in large quantities is cheaper because of the generous bulk discount.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ We received a bulks discount.

  ✓ We received a bulk discount.

  'Bulk' acts as an adjective here and must remain singular, not pluralized.

• ✗ They gave us a discount in bulk.

  ✓ They gave us a bulk discount.

  While you can 'buy in bulk', the price reduction itself is idiomatic as a 'bulk discount' rather than a 'discount in bulk'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• If you order one thousand shirts, we can offer you a ___.

  💡 A two-word phrase for a price reduction given for large orders.

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  bulk discount

• We saved a lot of money on office supplies by taking advantage of their ___.

  💡 The discount offered when buying items in large quantities.

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  bulk discount