merchant
/'mə:tʃənt/
Definition
- Noun:
- A businessperson engaged in retail trade: A "merchant" is a person or company whose business is buying and selling goods for profit, especially in large quantities or through a store.
Usage
- The word "merchant" is a countable noun. It typically refers to a professional trader or seller.
- It is often used to describe someone who owns or runs a business selling goods, or historically, someone involved in trade, especially between countries.
- Example: (This describes a shopkeeper.)
- Example: (This describes a historical trader.)
Examples
- Noun:
- She is a successful textile merchant.
- The merchant offered a discount to loyal customers.
- In the 15th century, Venetian merchants dominated Mediterranean trade.
Advanced Usage
- "Merchant of [something]": This phrase can specify the type of goods traded.
- He was a merchant of fine wines and cheeses.
- "Merchant bank": A bank that deals primarily with businesses, providing capital for trade rather than personal banking services. (This is a related compound term).
- The company secured a loan from a merchant bank.
Variants and Related Words
- Merchandise (n): Goods that are bought and sold.
- The store displayed its new merchandise in the window.
- Merchandising (n): The activity of promoting the sale of goods, especially by their presentation in retail outlets.
- The toy's success was due to clever merchandising.
- Merchantable (adj): Of suitable quality for sale in the market.
- The goods must be in a merchantable condition.
Synonyms
- Trader: A person who buys and sells goods, currency, or shares.
- Dealer: A person or business that buys and sells goods.
- Retailer: A person or business that sells goods to the public.
- Tradesperson: A person engaged in trading or a skilled job.
Related Phrases
- Merchant navy (also merchant marine): The ships or personnel of a nation's commercial shipping fleet.
- He served as an engineer in the merchant navy.
- Merchant ship/vessel: A ship used for transporting cargo.
- The merchant vessel was loaded with containers.
Idioms
- A merchant of doom (or gloom): A person who predicts or spreads pessimistic news.
- Don't listen to him; he's just a merchant of doom.
- Merchant prince: (Historical) A very wealthy and powerful merchant.
- The family's fortune was built by a 19th-century merchant prince.
Noun
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a businessperson engaged in retail trade
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