'Merchandise' definitions:
Definition of 'merchandise'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Merchandise'
From: GCIDE
- Merchandise \Mer"chan*dise\, n. [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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The act or business of trading; trade; traffic. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Merchandise'
From: GCIDE
- Merchandise \Mer"chan*dise\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Merchandised; p. pr. & vb. n. Merchandising.] To trade; to carry on commerce. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Merchandise'
From: GCIDE
- Merchandise \Mer"chan*dise\, v. t. To make merchandise of; to buy and sell. "Love is merchandised." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'merchandise'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advertise,
- be in,
- buy and sell,
- carry,
- close out,
- commodities,
- convert into cash,
- cut under,
- deal in,
- distribute,
- dump,
- effect a sale,
- effects,
- goods,
- handle,
- job,
- job lot,
- line,
- make a sale,
- market,
- move,
- produce,
- products,
- promote,
- provender,
- provisions,
- publicize,
- resell,
- retail,
- sacrifice,
- sell,
- sell off,
- sell on consignment,
- sell out,
- sell over,
- sell retail,
- sell short,
- sell up,
- sell wholesale,
- staples,
- stock,
- supplies,
- trade,
- trade in,
- traffic in,
- turn into money,
- turn over,
- undercut,
- undersell,
- unload,
- vendibles,
- wares,
- wholesale