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mer⋅chan⋅dise

[n. mur-chuhn-dahyz, -dahys; v. mur-chuhn-dahyz] noun, verb, -dised, -dis⋅ing.
–noun
1. the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
2. the stock of goods in a store.
3. goods, esp. manufactured goods; commodities.
–verb (used without object)
4. to carry on trade.
–verb (used with object)
5. to buy and sell; deal in; trade.
6. to plan for and promote the sales of.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME marchandise < OF. See merchant, -ice


mer⋅chan⋅dis⋅a⋅ble, adjective
mer⋅chan⋅dis⋅er, noun
mer·chan·dise   (mûr'chən-dīz', -dīs')   
n.   Abbr. mdse.
Goods bought and sold in business; commercial wares.
v.   merchandise (-dīz') also mer·chan·dize (-dīz') mer·chan·dised also mer·chan·dized, mer·chan·dis·ing also mer·chan·diz·ing, mer·chan·dis·es also mer·chan·diz·es

v.   tr.
  1. To buy and sell (goods).
  2. To promote the sale of, as by advertising or display: merchandised a new product.
v.   intr.
To buy and sell goods; trade commercially.

[Middle English merchaundise, from Old French marchandise, trade, from marcheant, marchand, merchant; see merchant.]
mer'chan·dis'a·ble adj., mer'chan·dis'er n.

Merchandise

Mer"chan*dise\, n. [F. marchandise, OF. marcheandise.]

1. The objects of commerce; whatever is usually bought or sold in trade, or market, or by merchants; wares; goods; commodities. --Spenser.

2. The act or business of trading; trade; traffic.

Merchandise

Mer"chan*dise\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Merchandised; p. pr. & vb. n. Merchandising.] To trade; to carry on commerce. --Bacon.

Merchandise

Mer"chan*dise\, v. t. To make merchandise of; to buy and sell. "Love is merchandised." --Shak.
Language Translation for : merchandise
Spanish: mercancía, mercadería,
German: die Ware,
Japanese: 商品

merchandise 
c.1290, "commodities of commerce," from Anglo-Fr. marchaundise, from marchaunt (see merchant). The verb is recorded from 1382.
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