merchandise

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.

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[Middle English merchaundise, from Old French marchandise, trade, from marcheant, marchand, merchant; see merchant.]

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mer′chan·dis′a·ble adj.

mer′chan·dis′er n.

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merchandise

n

(Commerce) commercial goods; commodities

vb

(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.

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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."

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merchandise

Past participle: merchandised
Gerund: merchandising

Imperative

merchandise

merchandise

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Thesaurus

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"

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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.

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Translations

بِضاعَه، بَضائِع

zboží

produktvare

Ware

εμπόρευμαπραμάτεια

mercancíamercadería

marchandise

söluvarningur

mercanziamerce

preces

handelsvarer

blago

mal

商品

merchandise

[ˈmɜːtʃəndaɪz] N → mercancías fpl

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merchandise

[ˈmɜː^rtʃəndaɪz]

n → marchandises fpl

vt → commercialiser

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

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

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

merchandise

(ˈməːtʃəndaiz) noun

goods to be bought and sold. This store sells merchandise from all over the world. handelsware بِضاعَه، بَضائِع стоки mercadoria zboží die Ware vare; produkt εμπόρευμαmercancía, mercadería kaup کالا kauppatavara marchandisesסחורה व्यापारी माल trgovačka roba áru barang dagangan söluvarningur merce 商品 상품 prekės preces barang niaga koopwaarvarertowary شيان كالى او نور mercadoria marfă товары tovar trgovsko blago roba [handels]varor สินค้า mal 商品 товари تجارتی ، فروختنی مال hàng hóa 商品

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