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merchandise en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɜː.t͡ʃənˌdaɪs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈmɝ.t͡ʃənˌdaɪs/ (General-American)
• /-daɪz/ (General-American)
• (General-American) audio
• /-daɪz/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Anglo-Norman marchaundisebor. Latin mercātus Vulgar Latin *mercātāntem Vulgar Latin *mercātāntem Old French marcheant Old French -ise Old French marcheandisebor. Middle English marchaundise English merchandise From Middle English marchaundise (“commerce, trading; buying; business transaction, deal; merchandise, goods, wares; possessions”), from Anglo-Norman marchaundise and Old French marcheandise (modern French marchandise), from Old French marcheant (“seller, vendor”) (ultimately from Latin mercātus (“buying and selling, trade, traffic; market; marketplace”), possibly originally Etruscan) + -ise (suffix forming feminine nouns, often denoting a quality or state). The English word is analysable as merchant + -ise.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) Goods which are or were offered or intended for sale.
   • So, if a Sonne that is by his Father ſent about Merchandize, doe ſinfully miſcarry vpon the Sea; the imputation of his vvickedneſſe, by your rule, ſhould be impoſed vpon his Father that ſent him: […] 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 84, column 2:
   • Good business depends on having good merchandise.
   • It has been stated that Fred Beers is giving free merchandise to this store and I believe you will find that one of your inspectors obtained a bottle of milk free when he purchased some groceries on Thursday Nov. 23rd [1933]. 1936, Cecil Day Lewis, The Whispering Roots, Jonathan Cape, page 175:
   • The custom of giving away merchandise for advertising purposes is greatly on the increase in this country. More goods are now distributed in one year as advertising novelties and as premiums than in a decade 10 or 15 years ago. 1908, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Sessional papers. Inventory control record 1, page 29:
2. (uncountable, usually) Commercial goods connected (branded) with an entity such as a team, band, company, charity, work of fiction, festival, or meme. (Commonly shortened to merch.)
3. (archaic, countable, usually) A commodity offered for sale; an article of commerce; a kind of merchandise.
   • What security was there that she might not be a very unfit person, one who had made a merchandise of her charms, the child itself being the offspring of some accidental connexion? 1822 June 18, Great Britain. Parliament, “Marriage Act Amendment Bill”, in The Parliamentary Debates from the Year 1803 to the Present Time, published 1823, page 1135:
   • Who feeds a flock, and makes not a merchandise of the sheep? 1839, The holy bible containing the old and the new testaments:
   • Would we then see in what sence heavenly things may be called a merchandise, and in what sence not; this is easy to him that will understand. 1622, John Wing (Minister of the English congregation at Flushing.), The Best Merchandise, Or a Cleare Discovery of the Evident Difference, and Admirable Advantage, Between Our Traffike with God for the True Treasure and with Men for Temporall Commodity, page 9:
4. (archaic, uncountable, usually) The act or business of trading; trade; traffic.

Forms

Deriveds

merch · distress merchandise

Relateds

merchantable · mercantile · merchant

Synonyms

wares · product · merch

Translations (157)

mn таваар (goods offered for sale) · nb gods (goods offered for sale) · tl baligyain (goods offered for sale) · pl produkt (goods offered for sale) · sl tržiti (act or business of trading) · fa متاع (goods offered for sale) · nb vare (goods offered for sale) · ba тауар (goods offered for sale) · ja 物品 (goods offered for sale) · de Waren (goods offered for sale) · sv handelsvara (commodity offered for sale) · hi पण्य (goods offered for sale) · cmn 貨物 /货物 (goods offered for sale) · pl towar (goods offered for sale) · kmr kelûpel (goods offered for sale) · pl dobro (goods offered for sale) · id barang-barang (goods offered for sale) · sl prodajati (act or business of trading) · ja 商材 (goods offered for sale) · lo ສິນຄ້າ (goods offered for sale) · ary سلعة (goods offered for sale) · th สินค้า (goods offered for sale) · io varo (goods offered for sale) · vi hàng hoá (goods offered for sale) · ro marfă (goods offered for sale) · ja 品 (goods offered for sale) · lo ສິນ (goods offered for sale) · id barang (goods offered for sale) · sl trgovati (act or business of trading) · tl baligyain (commodity offered for sale) · fi kauppa (act or business of trading) · pdt Woa (goods offered for sale) · fi kauppatavara (commodity offered for sale) · cmn 製品 /制品 (goods offered for sale) · ga earra (goods offered for sale) · fa اجناس (goods offered for sale) · ar بِضَاعَة (goods offered for sale) · tg мол (goods offered for sale) · de Gut (goods offered for sale) · bg сто́ки (goods offered for sale) · fr bien (goods offered for sale) · sh rȍba (goods offered for sale) · ug مال (goods offered for sale) · ca mercaderia (goods offered for sale) · ur مال (goods offered for sale) · mi hoko (commodity offered for sale) · fa کالا (goods offered for sale) · de Handelsgut (goods offered for sale) · uk това́р (goods offered for sale) · sk tovar (goods offered for sale) · cs zboží (goods offered for sale) · it merce (goods offered for sale) · ms barangan (goods offered for sale) · sh ро̏ба (goods offered for sale) · eo komercaĵo (goods offered for sale) · hi माल (goods offered for sale) · be тава́р (goods offered for sale) · my ကုန် (goods offered for sale) · nl waar (goods offered for sale) · sh dòbro (goods offered for sale) · km ទំនិញ (goods offered for sale) · ar سِلْعَة (goods offered for sale) · yi סחורה (goods offered for sale) · cy nwyddau (goods offered for sale) · fa مال (goods offered for sale) · cmn 物品 (goods offered for sale) · bg търговия (act or business of trading) · hi जिंस (goods offered for sale) · fi tuotteet (goods offered for sale) · it mercanzia (goods offered for sale) · uz tovar (goods offered for sale) · bn পণ্য (goods offered for sale) · vi thương phẩm (goods offered for sale) · id barang dagangan (goods offered for sale) · fa جنس (goods offered for sale) · da vare (goods offered for sale) · kk тауар (goods offered for sale) · sv vara (goods offered for sale) · nl goederen (goods offered for sale) · orv товаръ (goods offered for sale) · ota مال (goods offered for sale) · bg сто́ка (goods offered for sale) · ko 상품 (goods offered for sale) · pt mercadoria (goods offered for sale) · tr emtia (goods offered for sale) · tk haryt (goods offered for sale) · et kaup (goods offered for sale) · sv gods (goods offered for sale) · ur سامان (goods offered for sale) · sq mall (goods offered for sale) · sl trgovsko blago (goods offered for sale) · tt тауар (goods offered for sale) · gl mercaduría (goods offered for sale) · grc φορτία (goods offered for sale) · apw dawa nahinniihí (goods offered for sale) · az mal (goods offered for sale) · is vara (goods offered for sale) · ar مَتَاع (goods offered for sale) · mi taonga hokohoko (goods offered for sale) · sv handel (act or business of trading) · fi myyntituotteet (goods offered for sale) · mk стока (goods offered for sale) · mi hoko (goods offered for sale) · fr marchandise (goods offered for sale) · pdt Woa (commodity offered for sale) · lo ໂພຄະພັນ (goods offered for sale) · oc mercadariá (goods offered for sale) · pl artykuł (goods offered for sale) · cmn 產品 /产品 (goods offered for sale) · la merx (commodity offered for sale) · tr mal (goods offered for sale) · ar بَضَائِع (goods offered for sale) · tk harytlar (goods offered for sale) · tl kalakal (goods offered for sale) · he מִמְכָּר (goods offered for sale) · sv handelsvaror (goods offered for sale) · fi oheistuotteet (branded goods connected with an entity) · cy nwydd (commodity offered for sale) · he סְחוֹרָה (goods offered for sale) · el αγαθά (goods offered for sale) · ms barang (goods offered for sale) · az əmtəə (goods offered for sale) · da handelsvare (goods offered for sale) · fi kauppatavarat (goods offered for sale) · ru това́р (goods offered for sale) · ja 商品 (goods offered for sale) · th โภคภัณฑ์ (goods offered for sale) · sl blago (goods offered for sale) · lt prẽkė (goods offered for sale) · bg сто́ка (commodity offered for sale) · hi वस्तु (goods offered for sale) · sh до̀бро (goods offered for sale) · lo ເຂົ້າຂອງ (goods offered for sale) · gd bathar (goods offered for sale) · fi oheistuote (branded goods connected with an entity) · ky товар (goods offered for sale) · la merx (goods offered for sale) · ar سِلَع (goods offered for sale) · de Handelsware (goods offered for sale) · el εμπόρευμα (goods offered for sale) · bg това́р (goods offered for sale) · fi kaupankäynti (act or business of trading) · is vörur (goods offered for sale) · es mercancías (goods offered for sale) · hi सामान (goods offered for sale) · hu áru (goods offered for sale) · ug تاۋار (goods offered for sale) · es mercaderías (goods offered for sale) · de Ware (goods offered for sale) · io vari (goods offered for sale) · ja 品物 (goods offered for sale) · mn бараа (goods offered for sale) · lv prece (goods offered for sale) · ps متاع (goods offered for sale) · tr eşya (goods offered for sale) · uz mol (goods offered for sale) · yi סכוירע (goods offered for sale)

merchandise en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɝt͡ʃəndaɪz/ (General-American)
• /ˈmɜːt͡ʃəndaɪz/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Anglo-Norman marchaundisebor. Latin mercātus Vulgar Latin *mercātāntem Vulgar Latin *mercātāntem Old French marcheant Old French -ise Old French marcheandisebor. Middle English marchaundise Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-nom Proto-Indo-European *-onom Proto-Germanic *-aną Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Old English -an Middle English -en Middle English marchaundisen English merchandise From Middle English marchaundisen (“to engage in commerce, traffic”), from marchaundise (noun) (see etymology 1) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive of verbs).

Meanings

1. (archaic, intransitive) To engage in trade; to carry on commerce.
2. (intransitive) To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of goods, as by display and arrangement of goods.
   • He started his career merchandising in a small clothing store chain.
3. (archaic, transitive) To engage in the trade of.
4. (transitive) To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of.
   • He got hired to merchandise some new sporting goods lines.
5. (transitive) To promote as if for sale.
   • The record companies don't get as good a return on merchandising artists under contract.

Forms

Deriveds

merchandisable · remerchandise · merchandisability

Translations (1)

bg търгувам (to engage in the trade of)