merchandise

See also merchandisé

English

Alternative forms

• merchandize (non‐standard)
• merchaundise (obsolete)
• merchaundize (obsolete)

Etymology

From Anglo‐French marchaundise, from marchaunt (“merchant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmɝʧənˌdaɪz/, SAMPA: /"m3`tS@n%daIz/

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Noun

merchandise (plural merchandises)

1. (uncountable) Commodities offered for sale.

   good business depends on having good merchandise

2. (countable) A commodity offered for sale; an article of commerce; a kind of merchandise.

Usage notes

• Adjectives often applied to "merchandise": returned, used, damaged, stolen, assorted, lost, promotional, industrial, cheap, expensive, imported, good, inferior.

Synonyms

• wares
• product

Translations

commodities offered for sale

Arabic: بَضَائِعُ (baɖáː’iʕu), سِلَع (sílaʕ), بِضَاعَة (biɖáːʕah) Chinese: 產品, 产品 (chǎnpǐn), 貨物, 货物 (huòwù), 物品 (wùpǐn), 製品, 制品, (zhìpǐn), 製品, 制品 (zhìpǐn) Czech: zboží (cs) n. Finnish: kauppatavara (fi) French: marchandise (fr) Hebrew: סחורה (he) f. Indonesian: barang dagangan (id) Irish: earra (ga) m.

Japanese: 品物 (しなもの, shinamonó), 商品 (しょうひん, shōhin), 物品 (ぶっぴん, buppin), 品 (しな, shina), 商材 (ja) Latvian: prece (lv) f. Romanian: marfă (ro) f. Russian: товар (ru) (továr) m. Scottish Gaelic: bathar (gd) m. Spanish: mercancía (es) f. Swedish: handelsvaror (sv)

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989
• “merchandise” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001

Verb

merchandise (third-person singular simple present merchandises, present participle merchandising, simple past and past participle merchandised)

1. to engage in the trade of.

Synonyms

• trade

Translations

to engage in the trade of

Romanian: comerț n.

Swedish: handla (sv)

Related terms

• mercantile
• merchant
• merchantable

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French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: merchandisent, merchandises

Verb

merchandise

1. first-person singular present indicative of merchandiser
2. third-person singular present indicative of merchandiser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of merchandiser
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of merchandiser
5. second-person singular imperative of merchandiser