put on the block vs wholesale

put on the block

verb
  • To sell something. 

  • To execute by beheading. 

wholesale

verb
  • To sell at wholesale. 

adj
  • Of or relating to sale in large quantities, for resale. 

  • Extensive, indiscriminate, all-encompassing; blanket. 

adv
  • Indiscriminately. 

  • In bulk or large quantity. 

noun
  • The sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants. 

How often have the words put on the block and wholesale occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )