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Merchant vs. Merchandise — What's the Difference?

Merchant vs. Merchandise — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Merchant and Merchandise

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Merchant

A merchant is a person who trades in commodities produced by other people, especially one who trades with foreign countries. Historically, a merchant is anyone who is involved in business or trade.

Merchandise

Goods bought and sold in business; commercial wares.

Merchant

A person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially one dealing with foreign countries or supplying goods to a particular trade
A builders' merchant
A tea merchant

Merchandise

To buy and sell (goods).

Merchant

A person who has a liking for a particular activity
His driver was no speed merchant
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Merchandise

To promote the sale of, as by advertising or display
Merchandised a new product.

Merchant

(in historical contexts) relating to merchants or commerce
The growth of the merchant classes

Merchandise

To buy and sell goods; trade commercially.

Merchant

One whose occupation is the wholesale purchase and retail sale of goods for profit.

Merchandise

(uncountable) Goods which are or were offered or intended for sale.
Good business depends on having good merchandise.

Merchant

One who runs a retail business; a shopkeeper.

Merchandise

(uncountable) Commercial goods connected (branded) with an entity such as a team, band, company, charity, work of fiction, festival, or meme. merch.}}

Merchant

Of or relating to merchants, merchandise, or commercial trade
A merchant guild.

Merchandise

A commodity offered for sale; an article of commerce; a kind of merchandise.

Merchant

Of or relating to the merchant marine
Merchant ships.

Merchandise

The act or business of trading; trade; traffic.

Merchant

A person who traffics in commodities for profit.

Merchandise

To engage in trade; to carry on commerce.

Merchant

The owner or operator of a retail business.

Merchandise

(intransitive) To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of goods, as by display and arrangement of goods.
He started his career merchandising in a small clothing store chain.

Merchant

A trading vessel; a merchantman.

Merchandise

To engage in the trade of.

Merchant

Someone who is noted for a stated type of activity or behaviour.
He's some kind of speed merchant — he drives way too fast.
Goal merchant Smith scored twice again in the match against Mudchester Rovers.

Merchandise

(transitive) To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of.
He got hired to merchandise some new sporting goods lines.

Merchant

(obsolete) A supercargo.

Merchandise

(transitive) To promote as if for sale.
The record companies don't get as good a return on merchandising artists under contract.

Merchant

As a resident of a region, to buy goods from a non-resident and sell them to another non-resident.
A merchanting service

Merchandise

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

Merchant

One who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; a trafficker; a trader.
Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad.

Merchandise

The act or business of trading; trade; traffic.

Merchant

A trading vessel; a merchantman.

Merchandise

To trade; to carry on commerce.

Merchant

One who keeps a store or shop for the sale of goods; a shopkeeper.

Merchandise

To make merchandise of; to buy and sell.

Merchant

Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as, the merchant service.

Merchandise

Commodities offered for sale;
Good business depends on having good merchandise
That store offers a variety of products

Merchant

To be a merchant; to trade.

Merchandise

Engage in the trade of;
He is merchandising telephone sets

Merchant

A businessperson engaged in retail trade

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