Merchandise Definition
mûrchən-dīz, -dīs
merchandised, merchandises, merchandising, merchandizes
noun
merchandises
Things bought and sold; goods; commodities; wares.
Webster's New World
Buying and selling; trade.
Webster's New World
(uncountable) Commodities offered for sale.
Good business depends on having good merchandise.
Wiktionary
(countable) A commodity offered for sale; an article of commerce; a kind of merchandise.
Wiktionary
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verb
merchandised, merchandising
To buy and sell (goods).
American Heritage
To buy and sell; carry on trade in (some kind of goods)
Webster's New World
To advertise, promote, and organize the sale of (a particular product)
Webster's New World
(archaic) To engage in the trade of.
Wiktionary
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Origin of Merchandise
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Middle English merchaundise from Old French marchandise trade from marcheant, marchand merchant merchant
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Anglo-Norman marchaundise, from marchaunt (“merchant")
From Wiktionary
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