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merchant
mer·chant M0225300 (mûr′chənt)n.1. One whose occupation is the wholesale purchase and retail sale of goods for profit.2. One who runs a retail business; a shopkeeper.adj.1. Of or relating to merchants, merchandise, or commercial trade: a merchant guild.2. Of or relating to the merchant marine: merchant ships.
[Middle English marchaunt, from Old French marcheant, from Vulgar Latin *mercātāns, present participle of *mercātāre, frequentative of Latin mercārī, to trade, from merx, merc-, merchandise.]merchant (ˈmɜːtʃənt) n1. (Professions) a person engaged in the purchase and sale of commodities for profit, esp on international markets; trader2. (Commerce) chiefly US and Canadian a person engaged in retail trade3. (Historical Terms) (esp in historical contexts) any trader4. derogatory a person dealing or involved in something undesirable: a gossip merchant. 5. (Commerce) (modifier) a. of the merchant navy: a merchant sailor. b. of or concerned with trade: a merchant ship. vb (Commerce) (tr) to conduct trade in; deal in[C13: from Old French, probably from Vulgar Latin mercātāre (unattested), from Latin mercārī to trade, from merx goods, wares] ˈmerchant-ˌlike adj
Merchant (ˈmɜːtʃənt) n (Biography) Ismail (ˈɪzmeɪəl). 1936–2005, Indian film producer, noted for his collaboration with James Ivory on such films as Shakespeare Wallah (1965), The Europeans (1979), A Room with a View (1986), The Remains of the Day (1993), and The Golden Bowl (2000)mer•chant (ˈmɜr tʃənt)
n. 1. a person whose business is buying and selling goods for profit; dealer; trader. 2. a storekeeper; retailer. 3. a person who deals or indulges in something undesirable: merchants of gloom and doom. adj. 4. used for trade or commerce: a merchant ship. 5. pertaining to the merchant marine. [1250–1300; Middle English marchant < Old French marcheant < Vulgar Latin *mercātant- (s. of *mercātāns), present participle of *mercātāre, frequentative of Latin mercārī to trade, derivative of merx goods] merchant, merchandise - Merchant and merchandise come from Latin mercari, "to trade."See also related terms for merchandise.merchant
Past participle: merchanted
Gerund: merchanting
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| merchant | | merchant |
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| I merchant | | you merchant | | he/she/it merchants | | we merchant | | you merchant | | they merchant |
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| I merchanted | | you merchanted | | he/she/it merchanted | | we merchanted | | you merchanted | | they merchanted |
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| I am merchanting | | you are merchanting | | he/she/it is merchanting | | we are merchanting | | you are merchanting | | they are merchanting |
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| I have merchanted | | you have merchanted | | he/she/it has merchanted | | we have merchanted | | you have merchanted | | they have merchanted |
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| I was merchanting | | you were merchanting | | he/she/it was merchanting | | we were merchanting | | you were merchanting | | they were merchanting |
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| I had merchanted | | you had merchanted | | he/she/it had merchanted | | we had merchanted | | you had merchanted | | they had merchanted |
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| I will merchant | | you will merchant | | he/she/it will merchant | | we will merchant | | you will merchant | | they will merchant |
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| I will have merchanted | | you will have merchanted | | he/she/it will have merchanted | | we will have merchanted | | you will have merchanted | | they will have merchanted |
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| I will be merchanting | | you will be merchanting | | he/she/it will be merchanting | | we will be merchanting | | you will be merchanting | | they will be merchanting |
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| I have been merchanting | | you have been merchanting | | he/she/it has been merchanting | | we have been merchanting | | you have been merchanting | | they have been merchanting |
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| I will have been merchanting | | you will have been merchanting | | he/she/it will have been merchanting | | we will have been merchanting | | you will have been merchanting | | they will have been merchanting |
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| I had been merchanting | | you had been merchanting | | he/she/it had been merchanting | | we had been merchanting | | you had been merchanting | | they had been merchanting |
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| I would merchant | | you would merchant | | he/she/it would merchant | | we would merchant | | you would merchant | | they would merchant |
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| I would have merchanted | | you would have merchanted | | he/she/it would have merchanted | | we would have merchanted | | you would have merchanted | | they would have merchanted |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  merchant - a businessperson engaged in retail trademerchandiserbaker - someone who bakes commerciallybook seller, bookdealer - a dealer in books; a merchant who sells booksbourgeois, businessperson - a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprisebutcher, meatman - a retailer of meatclothier, haberdasher - a merchant who sells men's clothinggrain merchant - a merchant who deals in food grainsgrocer - a retail merchant who sells foodstuffs (and some household supplies)hatmaker, hatter, milliner, modiste - someone who makes and sells hatsjeweler, jeweller - someone in the business of selling jewelrypoulterer, poultryman - a dealer in poultry and poultry productsretail merchant, retailer - a merchant who sells goods at retailrug merchant - a merchant who sells rugssalt merchant, salter - someone who makes or deals in saltschlockmeister, shlockmeister - (slang) a merchant who deals in shoddy or inferior merchandisemarketer, seller, trafficker, vender, vendor - someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for moneymarket keeper, shopkeeper, storekeeper, tradesman - a merchant who owns or manages a shopstationer, stationery seller - a merchant who sells writing materials and office suppliesbargainer, dealer, monger, trader - someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be soldmerchant-venturer, venturer - a merchant who undertakes a trading venture (especially a venture that sends goods overseas)vintner, wine merchant - someone who sells wine |
merchantnoun tradesman, dealer, trader, broker, retailer, supplier, seller, salesman, vendor, shopkeeper, trafficker, wholesaler, purveyor Any good wine merchant would be able to advise you.Quotations
"A merchant shall hardly keep himself from doing wrong" Bible: EcclesiasticusmerchantnounA person engaged in buying and selling:businessperson, dealer, merchandiser, speculator, trader, tradesman, trafficker.verbTo offer for sale:deal (in), handle, market, merchandise, peddle, retail, sell, trade (in), vend.Translationsmerchant (ˈməːtʃənt) noun a trader, especially wholesale, in goods of a particular kind. timber/tea/wine merchants. (批發)商人 （批发）商人 merchant marine/navy/service the ships of a country that are employed in trading, and their crews. His son has joined the merchant navy. 商船隊 商船，商船队 merchant ship a ship involved in trade. 商船 商船merchant
merchant of doomA person who always focuses on the potential negative outcomes of a situation. I refuse to watch the evening news anymore because the reporters have all become merchants of doom.See also: doom, merchant, ofrip-off merchantOne who cons or otherwise deceives people. I wouldn't play cards against him if I were you—he has a reputation as a rip-off merchant.See also: merchantspeed merchant1. Someone who drives very fast in their car, especially over the legal speed limit. I used to be an awful speed merchant, but I got so many tickets that I nearly lost my license. OK, I know we're running late, but there's no need to be such a speed merchant. I'd rather arrive alive.2. An athlete who runs, skates, swims, cycles, etc., very fast. The team's new running back is one hell of a speed merchant. The speed merchant already had eight Olympic gold medals for cycling, and he finally added a Tour de France championship to his list of accolades.3. Someone or something that performs an action much faster than is usual. I can't believe you've already read through all these reports. You're a real speed merchant! Th tablet's new CPU is a speed merchant, all right, but it eats through the battery like nobody's business.See also: merchant, speed*busy as a beaver (building a new dam) and *busy as a bee; *busy as a one-armed paperhanger; *busy as Grand Central Station; *busy as a cat on a hot tin roof; *busy as a fish peddler in Lent; *busy as a cranberry merchant (at Thanksgiving); *busy as popcorn on a skilletvery busy. (*Also: as ~.) My boss keeps me as busy as a one-armed paperhanger. I don't have time to talk to you. I'm as busy as a beaver. When the tourist season starts, this store is busy as Grand Central Station. Sorry I can't go to lunch with you. I'm as busy as a beaver building a new dam. Prying into other folks' business kept him busy as popcorn on a skillet.See also: beaver, busybusy as a beaverAlso, busy as a bee. Hardworking, very industrious, as in With all her activities, Sue is always busy as a bee, or Bob's busy as a beaver trying to finish painting before it rains. The comparison to beavers dates from the late 1700s, the variant from the late 1300s. Also see eager beaver; work like a beaver. See also: beaver, busyspeed merchant n. someone who does something fast: a runner, pitcher, swimmer, driver, etc. What a pitch! That guy is a speed merchant for sure. See also: merchant, speedmerchant
merchant1. Chiefly US and Canadian a person engaged in retail trade 2. (esp in historical contexts) any trader 3. a. of the merchant navy b. of or concerned with trade
Merchant Ismail . born 1936, Indian film producer, noted for his collaboration with James Ivory on such films as Shakespeare Wallah (1965), The Europeans (1979), A Room with a View (1986), The Remains of the Day (1993), and The Golden Bowl (2000) Merchant
LAW, MERCHANT. A system of customs acknowledged and taken notice of by all commercial nations; and those customs constitute a part of the general law of the land; and being a part of that law their existence cannot be proved by witnesses, but the judges are bound to take notice of them ex officio. See Beawes' Lex Mercatoria Rediviva; Caines' Lex Mercatoria Americana; Com. Dig. Merchant, D; Chit. Comm. Law; Pardess. Droit Commercial; Collection des Lois Maritimes anterieure au dix hutiŠme siŠcle, par Dupin; Capmany, Costumbres Maritimas; II Consolato del Mare; Us et Coutumes de la Mer; Piantandia, Della Giurisprudenze Maritina Commerciale, Antica e Moderna; Valin, Commentaire sur l'Ordonnance de la Marine, du Mois d'Aout, 1681; Boulay-Paty, Dr. Comm.; Boucher, Institutions au Droit Maritime. MERCHANT. One whose business it is to buy and sell merchandise; this applies to all persons who habitually trade in merchandise. 1 Watts & S. 469; 2 Salk. 445.
2. In another sense, it signifies a person who owns ships, and trades, by means of them, with foreign nations, or with the different States of the United States; these are known by the name of shipping merchants. Com. Dig. Merchant, A; Dyer, R. 279 b; Bac. Ab. h.t.
3. According to an old authority, there are four species of merchants, namely, merchant adventurers, merchant dormant, merchant travellers, and merchant residents. 2 Brownl. 99. Vide, generally, 9 Salk. R. 445; Bac. Ab. h.t.; Com. Dig. h.t.; 1 Bl. Com. 75, 260; 1 Pard. Dr. Com. n. 78 merchant
merchant a business such as a RETAILER or WHOLESALER which acts as an intermediary in a DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL. Merchants ‘take title’ to goods (that is, purchase goods) which they then on-sell to customers.See MITEC Early Release
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Synonyms for merchantnoun tradesmanSynonyms- tradesman
- dealer
- trader
- broker
- retailer
- supplier
- seller
- salesman
- vendor
- shopkeeper
- trafficker
- wholesaler
- purveyor
Synonyms for merchantnoun a person engaged in buying and sellingSynonyms- businessperson
- dealer
- merchandiser
- speculator
- trader
- tradesman
- trafficker
verb to offer for saleSynonyms- deal
- handle
- market
- merchandise
- peddle
- retail
- sell
- trade
- vend
Synonyms for merchantnoun a businessperson engaged in retail tradeSynonymsRelated Words- baker
- book seller
- bookdealer
- bourgeois
- businessperson
- butcher
- meatman
- clothier
- haberdasher
- grain merchant
- grocer
- hatmaker
- hatter
- milliner
- modiste
- jeweler
- jeweller
- poulterer
- poultryman
- retail merchant
- retailer
- rug merchant
- salt merchant
- salter
- schlockmeister
- shlockmeister
- marketer
- seller
- trafficker
- vender
- vendor
- market keeper
- shopkeeper
- storekeeper
- tradesman
- stationer
- stationery seller
- bargainer
- dealer
- monger
- trader
- merchant-venturer
- venturer
- vintner
- wine merchant
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