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merchandise

[ noun mur-chuhn-dahyz, -dahys; verb mur-chuhn-dahyz ]

noun

  1. the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
  2. the stock of goods in a store.
  3. goods, especially manufactured goods; commodities.


verb (used without object)

, mer·chan·dised, mer·chan·dis·ing.
  1. to carry on trade.

verb (used with object)

, mer·chan·dised, mer·chan·dis·ing.
  1. to buy and sell; deal in; trade.
  2. to plan or manage the arrangement and promotion of (goods in a store):

    When you merchandise your products, promote impulse purchases by grouping like items.

merchandise

noun

  1. commercial goods; commodities


verb

  1. to engage in the commercial purchase and sale of (goods or services); trade

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Derived Forms

  • ˈmerchanˌdiser, noun

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Other Words From

  • mer·chan·dis·a·ble adjective
  • mer·chan·dis·er noun
  • un·mer·chan·dised adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of merchandise1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English marchandise, from Old French; merchant, -ice

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Word History and Origins

Origin of merchandise1

C13: from Old French. See merchant

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Example Sentences

Manufacturing merchandise, publicity (a radio ad in SF, Facebook ads, venue specific advertising), supplies, shipping.

CEO of armored car company tests his merchandise from the inside.

And they make, I believe, a reasonably good living being there and teaching and selling merchandise.

Business Insider calculated that only about eight percent of the money spent on pink merchandise went to breast cancer charities.

Also, FX created a bunch of ISIS merchandise that they now need to figure out what to do with.

A few days after, three galliots arrived from Macan, laden with a rich cargo of silks and other merchandise.

The ships from China do not come, and it is with their merchandise that our ships must go to Nueva Spaña.

Merchandise brokers, unless factors, negotiate for the sale of merchandise without having possession or control of it.

Every article of merchandise has here, as at Canton, if not its own peculiar street, at least its own side of the street.

Instead of being a destroyer of merchandise, this new craft was an unarmed carrier of merchandise.

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