merchant
n.
seller, marketer; trader, retailer
adj.
mercantile, commercial, of or pertaining to trade or commerce, industrial
Merchant
"Merchant" is also a common
surname. Merchants function as professionals who deal with
trade, dealing in commodities that they do not produce themselves, in order to produce
profit.Merchants can be of two types:A
wholesale merchant operates in the chain between producer and retail merchant. Some wholesale merchants only organize the movement of goods rather than move the goods themselves.A
retail merchant or
retailer, sells commodities to consumers (including businesses). A shop owner is a retail merchant.
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Merchant
(v. i.)
To be a merchant; to trade.
(n.)
One who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; a trafficker; a trader.
(n.)
One who keeps a store or shop for the sale of goods; a shopkeeper.
(n.)
A trading vessel; a merchantman.
(a.)
Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as, the merchant service.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Merchandise, Merchant
MERCHANDISE - By this term is understood all those things which merchants sell either wholesale or retail, as dry goods, hardware, groceries, drugs, etc. It is usually applied to personal chattels only, and to those which are not required for food or immediate support, but such as remain after having been used or which are used only by a slow consumption.
MERCHANT - One whose business it is to buy and sell merchandise; this applies to all persons who habitually trade in merchandise.
In another sense, it signifies a person who owns ships, and trades, by means of them, with foreign nations, or with the different States of the United States; these are known by the name of shipping merchants.
According to an old authority, there are four species of merchants, namely, merchant adventurers, merchant dormant, merchant travellers, and merchant residents.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
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