| 单词 | merchant |
| 释义 | merchant (once / 123 pages) n A merchant is someone who works in or owns a retail business and sells goods. In Paris you can stroll from merchant to merchant, buying a loaf of bread in one shop and a wedge of cheese in another. The noun merchant has its Latin roots in the word merchari, meaning to trade. Other words from the same root include "market," "merchandise," and "mercantile." In some areas, independent merchants have banded together to combine advertising dollars and compete against malls and big box stores. You should ask your neighborhood book merchant if they've considered joining a group like this. WORD FAMILYmerchant: merchantable, merchants+/merchantable: merchantability, unmerchantable USAGE EXAMPLESThe university says a time frame for Merchant’s return to coaching hasn’t been determined. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The 47-year-old Merchant was evaluated by the school’s medical staff on the court during the fourth quarter before walking to the locker room. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) He met his future wife in 1958 at the United Merchants and Manufacturers headquarters in Manhattan’s Garment District. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) n a businessperson engaged in retail trade Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper merchandiser Charles Henry Harrod English merchant who took over a shop in London that was expanded by his son into a prestigious department store (1800-1885) Charles Digby HarrodEnglish merchant who expanded his father's shop in London into a prestigious department store (1841-1905) baker someone who bakes commercially book seller, bookdealera dealer in books; a merchant who sells books butcher, meatmana retailer of meat clothier, haberdashera merchant who sells men's clothing grain merchanta merchant who deals in food grains grocera retail merchant who sells foodstuffs (and some household supplies) hatmaker, hatter, milliner, modistesomeone who makes and sells hats jeweler, jewellersomeone in the business of selling jewelry poulterer, poultrymana dealer in poultry and poultry products retail merchant, retailera merchant who sells goods at retail rug merchanta merchant who sells rugs salt merchant, saltersomeone who makes or deals in salt schlockmeister, shlockmeister(slang) a merchant who deals in shoddy or inferior merchandise marketer, seller, trafficker, vender, vendorsomeone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money market keeper, shopkeeper, storekeeper, tradesmana merchant who owns or manages a shop stationer, stationery sellera merchant who sells writing materials and office supplies bargainer, dealer, monger, tradersomeone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold merchant-venturer, venturera merchant who undertakes a trading venture (especially a venture that sends goods overseas) vintner, wine merchantsomeone who sells wine booking clerk, ticket agentsomeone who sells tickets (e.g., theater seats or travel accommodations) art dealera dealer in works of art requiring esthetic evaluation barterera trader who exchanges goods and not money bibliopole, bibliopolista dealer in secondhand books (especially rare or curious books) chandlera retail dealer in provisions and supplies cheesemongersomeone who sells cheese cleaner, dry cleanerthe operator of dry-cleaning establishment cosmeticiansomeone who sells or applies cosmetics barrow-boy, barrow-man, costermongera hawker of fruit and vegetables from a barrow cutlera dealer in cutlery drapera dealer in fabrics and sewing materials (and sometimes in clothing and drygoods) fencea dealer in stolen property fishmonger, fishwifesomeone who sells fish floristsomeone who grows and deals in flowers flower girla woman who sells flowers in the street fruiterera person who sells fruit greengrocera grocer who sells fresh fruits and vegetables horse tradera hard bargainer hosiera tradesman who sells hosiery and (in England) knitwear cheap-jack, huckstera seller of shoddy goods hardwareman, ironmongersomeone who sells hardware licenseesomeone to whom a license is granted mercera dealer in textiles (especially silks) newsagent, newsdealer, newsstand operator, newsvendorsomeone who sells newspapers hawker, packman, peddler, pedlar, pitchmansomeone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals) pork butchera vendor of pork and products made from pork seedman, seedsmana dealer in seeds selling agentsomeone who sells goods (on commission) for others slop-seller, slopsellera dealer in cheap ready-made clothing stamp dealera dealer in stamps (whose customers are stamp collectors) stock tradersomeone who buys and sells stock shares tobacconista retail dealer in tobacco and tobacco-related articles dealera seller of illicit goods undersellera seller that sells at a lower price than others do bourgeois, businessperson a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise |
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