Definition

1. Noun:
   • A merchant who deals in food grains: A "grain merchant" is a businessperson or trader whose primary commercial activity is buying and selling cereal crops and seeds used for food, such as wheat, rice, corn, barley, or oats.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The local grain merchant supplied flour to all the bakeries in the county.
  • As a grain merchant, his success depended on the annual harvest.
  • Prices were set after negotiations between farmers and the grain merchant.

Advanced Usage

• Acting as a grain merchant: This phrase describes performing the role or functions of this specific type of trader.
  • For three generations, their family has been acting as grain merchants in the region.

Variants and Related Words

• Grain trade (n): The business or industry of buying and selling cereal crops.
  • He made his fortune in the grain trade.
• Merchant (n): A person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially one dealing with foreign countries or supplying goods to a particular trade. This is the general category to which a grain merchant belongs.

Synonyms

• Cereal dealer: A dealer who trades in cereal grains.
• Grain trader: A trader who specializes in grain commodities.

Related Phrases

• To merchant grain: This verb phrase, though less common, describes the act of trading in grain as a business.
  • The company's primary activity is to merchant grain on the international market.

Noun

1. a merchant who deals in food grains