Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Goods bought and sold in business; commercial wares.
- intransitive verb To buy and sell (goods).
- intransitive verb To promote the sale of, as by advertising or display.
- intransitive verb To buy and sell goods; trade commercially.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In general, any movable object of trade or traffic; that which is passed from hand to hand by purchase and sale: specifically, the objects of commerce; a commercial commodity or commercial commodities in general; the staple of a mercantile business; commodities, goods, or wares bought and sold for gain.
- noun Purchase and sale; trade; bargain; traffic; dealing, or advantage from dealing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The objects of commerce; whatever is usually bought or sold in trade, or market, or by merchants; wares; goods; commodities.
- noun The act or business of trading; trade; traffic.
- intransitive verb To trade; to carry on commerce.
- transitive verb To make merchandise of; to buy and sell.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable
Commodities offered forsale . - noun countable A commodity offered for sale; an article of
commerce ; a kind of merchandise. - verb intransitive, archaic To engage in trade.
- verb intransitive To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of goods, as by display and arrangement of goods.
- verb transitive, archaic To
engage in the trade of. - verb transitive To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of.
- verb transitive To promote as if for sale.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb engage in the trade of
- noun commodities offered for sale
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The imagined history of the merchandise is as interesting as the wares are intrinsically.
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The imagined history of the merchandise is as interesting as the wares are intrinsically.
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We shop near where we live where the merchandise is as good as downtown but at much less cost and no sales tax to pay.
Puerto Vallarta 2003
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a Ninja-like outfit was arrested after stealing $30,000 in merchandise from the Nordstrom where he worked and attempting to sell it ...
'Ninja' Inspired By TV Caught After Stealing $30,000 In Merch From Nordstrom Will Guzzardi 2010
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Tempting merchandise is displayed in windows, doorways, and beneath the colorful arcades that line the streets.
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The films have generated an additional $20 billion in merchandise sales, which helped land George Lucas in the 97th spot on our recent Forbes 400 list with a net worth of $3.25 billion.
'Harry Potter' Catching Up To 'Star Wars' Franchise Dorothy Pomerantz 2010
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The Twilight Saga: Eclipse clothing merchandise is well on its way, according to WWD Fashion.
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For shoppers who pay with cash and don't have a receipt, Target allows up to $70 in merchandise to be returned in one year, offering a gift card equal to the current value of the returned item.
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In the States I got a call once from an organisation that found itself with excess funds and just asked me to provide an order up to worth a I/2 a mill in merchandise, as budget had to be spent.
New Financial Year – Now We Can Arrest Again « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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All of his merchandise is #1 across the boards once again ….
Congressman Peter King Defends Michael Jackson “Pervert” Rant 2009
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