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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, mer·chan·dis·ing, mer·chan·dis·es also mer·chan·dized or mer·chan·diz·ing or 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.

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merchandise

(Commerce) commercial goods; commodities

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

[C13: from Old French. See merchant]

ˈmerchanˌdiser, ˈmerchanˌdizer n

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mer•chan•dise

(n. ˈmɜr tʃənˌdaɪz, -ˌdaɪs; v. -ˌdaɪz)

n., v. -dised, -dis•ing. n.

1. goods bought and sold; commodities.

2. the stock of goods in a store.

v.i.

3. to carry on trade.

v.t.

4. to buy and sell; trade.

5. to plan for and promote the sales of.

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

mer′chan•dis`er, n.

merchandise

bale - A package of merchandise.
avoirdupois weight, Imperial weight - Avoirdupois or Imperial weight is commonly used to measure food, people, and merchandise.
emporeutic - Means pertaining to merchandise or to trade.
merchant, merchandise - Merchant and merchandise come from Latin mercari, "to trade."

merchandise

Past participle: merchandised
Gerund: merchandising

Imperative
merchandise
merchandise

Present
I merchandise
you merchandise
he/she/it merchandises
we merchandise
you merchandise
they merchandise

Preterite
I merchandised
you merchandised
he/she/it merchandised
we merchandised
you merchandised
they merchandised

Present Continuous
I am merchandising
you are merchandising
he/she/it is merchandising
we are merchandising
you are merchandising
they are merchandising

Present Perfect
I have merchandised
you have merchandised
he/she/it has merchandised
we have merchandised
you have merchandised
they have merchandised

Past Continuous
I was merchandising
you were merchandising
he/she/it was merchandising
we were merchandising
you were merchandising
they were merchandising

Past Perfect
I had merchandised
you had merchandised
he/she/it had merchandised
we had merchandised
you had merchandised
they had merchandised

Future
I will merchandise
you will merchandise
he/she/it will merchandise
we will merchandise
you will merchandise
they will merchandise

Future Perfect
I will have merchandised
you will have merchandised
he/she/it will have merchandised
we will have merchandised
you will have merchandised
they will have merchandised

Future Continuous
I will be merchandising
you will be merchandising
he/she/it will be merchandising
we will be merchandising
you will be merchandising
they will be merchandising

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been merchandising
you have been merchandising
he/she/it has been merchandising
we have been merchandising
you have been merchandising
they have been merchandising

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been merchandising
you will have been merchandising
he/she/it will have been merchandising
we will have been merchandising
you will have been merchandising
they will have been merchandising

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been merchandising
you had been merchandising
he/she/it had been merchandising
we had been merchandising
you had been merchandising
they had been merchandising

Conditional
I would merchandise
you would merchandise
he/she/it would merchandise
we would merchandise
you would merchandise
they would merchandise

Past Conditional
I would have merchandised
you would have merchandised
he/she/it would have merchandised
we would have merchandised
you would have merchandised
they would have merchandised

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Noun	1.	merchandise - commodities offered for sale; "good business depends on having good merchandise"; "that store offers a variety of products" product, ware cargo, consignment, freight, lading, shipment, payload, load, loading - goods carried by a large vehicle commodity, trade good, good - articles of commerce contraband - goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law feature - an article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised more than other articles generic - any product that can be sold without a brand name ironmongery - the merchandise that is sold in an ironmonger's shop irregular, second - merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name line of business, line of merchandise, line of products, product line, business line, line - a particular kind of product or merchandise; "a nice line of shoes" mercantile establishment, outlet, retail store, sales outlet - a place of business for retailing goods number - an item of merchandise offered for sale; "she preferred the black nylon number"; "this sweater is an all-wool number" refill - a commercial product that refills a container with its appropriate contents; "he got a refill for his ball-point pen"; "he got a refill for his notebook" release - merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film); "a new release from the London Symphony Orchestra" dreck, schlock, shlock - merchandise that is shoddy or inferior software product, software package - merchandise consisting of a computer program that is offered for sale inventory, stock - the merchandise that a shop has on hand; "they carried a vast inventory of hardware"; "they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory" top of the line - the best (most expensive) in a given line of merchandise piece goods, yard goods - merchandise in the form of fabrics sold by the yard
Verb	1.	merchandise - engage in the trade of; "he is merchandising telephone sets" trade commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) black market, run - deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor traffic - trade or deal a commodity; "They trafficked with us for gold" arbitrage - practice arbitrage, as in the stock market traffic - deal illegally; "traffic drugs" market - engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of; "The company is marketing its new line of beauty products" import - bring in from abroad export - sell or transfer abroad; "we export less than we import and have a negative trade balance"

merchandise

noun

1. goods, produce, stock, products, truck, commodities, staples, wares, stock in trade, vendibles 25% off selected merchandise

verb

1. trade, market, sell, retail, distribute, deal in, buy and sell, traffic in, vend, do business in He advises shops on how to merchandise their wares.

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merchandise

noun

A product or products bought and sold in commerce:

commodity, good (used in plural), line, ware.

verb

To offer for sale:

deal (in), handle, market, merchant, peddle, retail, sell, trade (in), vend.

Translations

بِضاعَه، بَضائِع

zboží

produktvare

söluvarningur

preces

blago

merchandise

[ˈmɜːtʃəndaɪz] N → mercancías fpl

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merchandise

[ˈmɜː^rtʃəndaɪz]

n → marchandises fpl

vt → commercialiser

merchandise

n → (Handels)ware f; “please do not handle the merchandise” → „das Berühren der Ware(n) ist verboten“

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merchandise

[ˈmɜːtʃ/ənˌdaɪz]

1. n → merce f, merci fpl

2. vt → commercializzare

merchandise

(ˈməːtʃəndaiz) noun

goods to be bought and sold. This store sells merchandise from all over the world.

References in classic literature ?

A short time after we had opened our shops, my eldest brother, one of these two dogs, resolved to travel in foreign countries for the sake of merchandise. With this intention he sold all he had and bought merchandise suitable to the voyages he was about to make.

But when they had made their preparation, and they began to buy the merchandise we needed, they found they had spent every piece of the thousand sequins I had given them.

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The first of these personages carried in his right hand a sword; the second, two golden keys; the third, a pair of scales; the fourth, a spade: and, in order to aid sluggish minds which would not have seen clearly through the transparency of these attributes, there was to be read, in large, black letters, on the hem of the robe of brocade, MY NAME IS NOBILITY; on the hem of the silken robe, MY NAME IS CLERGY; on the hem of the woolen robe, MY NAME IS MERCHANDISE; on the hem of the linen robe, MY NAME IS LABOR.

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But a very great tempest came on, and the ship being in danger of sinking, he threw all his merchandise overboard, and barely escaped with his life in the empty ship.

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We committed, however, one great error in setting out, for having equipped our ships for privateering, and taken no merchandise on board, we could not touch at any of the ports of the Red Sea.

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Investing a small sum which he had amassed since leaving his native village, in merchandise suited to the American market, he embarked, in the month of November, 1783, in a ship bound to Baltimore, and arrived in Hampton Roads in the month of January.

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The Firm to which I was brutally consigned, as if I was a bale of merchandise, has worn out my patience by a series of petty insults; and I have felt compelled, from motives of self-respect, to withdraw my services, which were undervalued from the first.

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Ten men, leading ten horses laden with merchandise of whatever kind, are tolerated, well received everywhere.

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Besides, passenger's at two thousand dollars are no longer passengers, but valuable merchandise. "I start at nine o'clock," said Captain Speedy, simply.

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A temporary fortification was thrown up for the protection of the party; a secure and comfortable pen, into which the horses could be driven at night; and huts were built for the reception of the merchandise.

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Almost each morning a letter from my owners would arrive, directing me to go to the charterers and clamour for the ship's cargo; to threaten them with the heaviest penalties of demurrage; to demand that this assortment of varied merchandise, set fast in a landscape of ice and windmills somewhere up-country, should be put on rail instantly, and fed up to the ship in regular quantities every day.

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Do not the Delawares fight, and exchange their lands for powder, and blankets, and merchandise?”