Merchandise

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: mer=chan=dise

CIDE DICTIONARY

Merchandise, n. [F. marchandise, OF. marcheandise.].

•  The objects of commerce; whatever is usually bought or sold in trade, or market, or by merchants; wares; goods; commodities.  Spenser.  [1913 Webster]
•  The act or business of trading; trade; traffic.  [1913 Webster]

Merchandise, v. i. 

 To trade; to carry on commerce.  Bacon.  [1913 Webster]

Merchandise, v. t. 

 To make merchandise of; to buy and sell.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Merchandise, n. & v.
--n. goods for sale.
--v.
1 intr. trade, traffic.
2 tr. trade or traffic in.
3 tr. a put on the market, promote the sale of (goods etc.). b advertise, publicize (an idea or person).

Derivative

merchandisable adj. merchandiser n.

Etymology

ME f. OF marchandise f. marchand: see MERCHANT

THESAURUS

Merchandise

advertise, be in, buy and sell, carry, close out, commodities, convert into cash, cut under, deal in, distribute, dump, effect a sale, effects, goods, handle, job, job lot, line, make a sale, market, move, produce, products, promote, provender, provisions, publicize, resell, retail, sacrifice, sell, sell off, sell on consignment, sell out, sell over, sell retail, sell short, sell up, sell wholesale, staples, stock, supplies, trade, trade in, traffic in, turn into money, turn over, undercut, undersell, unload, vendibles, wares, wholesale

ROGET THESAURUS

Merchandise

Merchandise

N merchandise, ware, commodity, effects, goods, article, stock, product, produce, staple commodity, stock in trade, cargo.