MERCHANDISE

merchandise, ware, product

(noun) commodities offered for sale; “good business depends on having good merchandise”; “that store offers a variety of products”

trade, merchandise

(verb) engage in the trade of; “he is merchandising telephone sets”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

merchandise (usually uncountable, plural merchandises)

(uncountable) Commodities offered for sale.

(countable) A commodity offered for sale; an article of commerce; a kind of merchandise.

(uncountable) The act or business of trading; trade; traffic.

Usage notes

• Adjectives often applied to "merchandise": returned, used, damaged, stolen, assorted, lost, promotional, industrial, cheap, expensive, imported, good, inferior.

Synonyms

• wares

• product

Verb

merchandise (third-person singular simple present merchandises, present participle merchandising, simple past and past participle merchandised)

(intransitive, archaic) To engage in trade; to carry on commerce.

(intransitive) To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of goods, as by display and arrangement of goods.

(transitive, archaic) To engage in the trade of.

(transitive) To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of.

(transitive) To promote as if for sale.

Source: Wiktionary

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Mer"chan*dise, n. Etym: [F. marchandise, OF. marcheandise.]

1. The objects of commerce; whatever is usually bought or sold in trade, or market, or by merchants; wares; goods; commodities. Spenser.

2. The act or business of trading; trade; traffic.

Mer"chan*dise, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Merchandised; p. pr. & vb. n. Merchandising.]

Definition: To trade; to carry on commerce. Bacon.

Mer"chan*dise, v. t.

Definition: To make merchandise of; to buy and sell. "Love is merchandised." Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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