merchandise

Pronunciation: /ˈmɜː.t͡ʃənˌdaɪs/

The English word “merchandise” has 9 meanings listed here.

noun

Goods which are or were offered or intended for sale.
Commercial goods connected (branded) with an entity such as a team, band, company, charity, work of fiction, festival, or meme. (Commonly shortened to merch.)
A commodity offered for sale; an article of commerce; a kind of merchandise.
The act or business of trading; trade; traffic.

verb

To engage in trade; to carry on commerce.
To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of goods, as by display and arrangement of goods.
To engage in the trade of.
To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of.
To promote as if for sale.

Etymology

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…

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