merchandise : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: merchandise	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for merchandise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
merchandise n commodities offered for sale; "good business depends on having good merchandise"; "that store offers a variety of products" Synonym(s): merchandise, ware, product v engage in the trade of; "he is merchandising telephone sets" Synonym(s): trade, merchandise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Merchandise \Mer"chan*dise\, n. [F. marchandise, OF. marcheandise.] 1. The objects of commerce; whatever is usually bought or sold in trade, or market, or by merchants; wares; goods; commodities. --Spenser. 2. The act or business of trading; trade; traffic.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Merchandise \Mer"chan*dise\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Merchandised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Merchandising}.] To trade; to carry on commerce. --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Merchandise \Mer"chandise\, v. t. To make merchandise* of; to buy and sell. [bd]Love is merchandised.[b8] --Shak.