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merchandised

[n. mur-chuhn-dahyz, -dahys; v. mur-chuhn-dahyz] Origin

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, especially manufactured goods; commodities.
verb (used without object)
4.
to carry on trade.

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Merchandised is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
verb (used with object)
5.
to buy and sell; deal in; trade.
6.
to plan for and promote the sales of.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English marchandise < Old French. See merchant, -ice

mer·chan·dis·a·ble, adjective
mer·chan·dis·er, noun
un·mer·chan·dised, adjective
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Word Origin & History

merchandise
late 13c., "commodities of commerce," from Anglo-Fr. marchaundise, from marchaunt (see merchant). The verb is recorded from late 14c.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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merchandise definition


  1. n.
    any contraband. (Underworld.) : How much of the merchandise can you deliver by midnight?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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