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
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.
• Adjectives often applied to "merchandise": returned, used, damaged, stolen, assorted, lost, promotional, industrial, cheap, expensive, imported, good, inferior.
• wares
• product
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
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
17 September 2024
(noun) a small contrasting part of something; “a bald spot”; “a leopard’s spots”; “a patch of clouds”; “patches of thin ice”; “a fleck of red”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.