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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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

merchandiser - a businessperson engaged in retail trade

merchant

baker - someone who bakes commercially

book seller, bookdealer - a dealer in books; a merchant who sells books

bourgeois, businessperson - a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise

butcher, meatman - a retailer of meat

clothier, haberdasher - a merchant who sells men's clothing

grain merchant - a merchant who deals in food grains

grocer - a retail merchant who sells foodstuffs (and some household supplies)

hatmaker, hatter, milliner, modiste - someone who makes and sells hats

jeweler, jeweller - someone in the business of selling jewelry

poulterer, poultryman - a dealer in poultry and poultry products

retail merchant, retailer - a merchant who sells goods at retail

rug merchant - a merchant who sells rugs

salt merchant, salter - someone who makes or deals in salt

schlockmeister, shlockmeister - (slang) a merchant who deals in shoddy or inferior merchandise

marketer, seller, trafficker, vender, vendor - someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money

market keeper, shopkeeper, storekeeper, tradesman - a merchant who owns or manages a shop

stationer, stationery seller - a merchant who sells writing materials and office supplies

bargainer, dealer, monger, trader - someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold

merchant-venturer, venturer - a merchant who undertakes a trading venture (especially a venture that sends goods overseas)

vintner, wine merchant - someone who sells wine

merchandiser

noun

A person engaged in buying and selling:

businessperson, dealer, merchant, speculator, trader, tradesman, trafficker.

Translations

merchandiser

merchandizer [ˈmɜːtʃəndaɪzəʳ] N (US) → minorista mf, detallista mf

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

merchandiser

[ˈmɜː^rtʃənaɪzə^r] n → marchandiseur m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

merchandiser

n → Verkaufsförderungsexperte m → /-expertin f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

merchandiser

[ˈmɜːtʃ/ənˌdaɪzəʳ] n → merchandiser m inv

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