merchant
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01. We visited the old market place, where [merchants] could be found selling almost anything you could imagine.
02. Tourists are encouraged to haggle with the [merchants] in the marketplace.
03. We get all our wine from a wine [merchant] who visits all the best wineries in the country.
04. When Aladdin appeared in the marketplace, the [merchants] all watched him carefully to make sure he didn't steal anything.
05. We bought a beautiful old armchair from an antique [merchant] at the flea market.
06. In old Japan, there were many travelling [merchants] who would go from village to village selling their wares, such as shoes, pots and pans.
07. The [merchant] ship was stopped by pirates, and robbed of its cargo of spices and precious stones.
08. According to recent research, the world's [merchant] ships dump over 6 million tons of garbage into the ocean every year.
09. Ralph Waldo Emerson once observed that the craft of the [merchant] is in bringing a thing from where it abounds to where it is costly.
10. The first [merchandise] item to feature Mickey Mouse was sold in 1929.
11. [Merchants] from the Arabian Peninsula introduced the Islamic religion to the area now known as Pakistan in the seventh century.
12. In the past, [merchants] would attempt only one crossing of the Sahara desert per year.
13. Dutch [merchants] established trading posts all over the world during the 17th century.
14. A Chinese proverb observes that if there are many buyers in the market, the [merchant] doesn't wash his turnips.
15. When coffee was first introduced to Italy, wine [merchants] asked the Pope to ban it because they didn't want any competition.
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merchant — mer‧chant [ˈmɜːtʆnt ǁ ˈmɜːr ] noun [countable] COMMERCE 1. a person or organization that buys and sells goods or a particular type of goods: • US tobacco merchants are depending more and more on international sales. • wine merchants and… … Financial and business terms
Merchant — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Hoshang Merchant (* 1947), indischer Autor und Dichter Ismail Merchant (1936–2005), indisch britischer Filmproduzent Ival Arthur Merchant (1898–1985), Veterinär Pathologe und Bakteriologe Livingston T.… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Merchant — Mer chant, a. Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as, the merchant service. [1913 Webster] {Merchant bar}, {Merchant iron} or {Merchant steel}, certain common sizes of wrought iron and steel bars. {Merchant service or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
merchant — mer·chant / mər chənt/ n: a person who trades in goods esp. of a certain kind and possesses expertise in the area of the goods and the practices of trading in them or who employs others with such expertise a warranty that the goods shall be… … Law dictionary
Merchant — Mer chant, v. i. To be a merchant; to trade. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
merchant — ► NOUN 1) a wholesale trader. 2) N. Amer. & Scottish a retail trader. 3) informal, chiefly derogatory a person fond of a particular activity: a speed merchant. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of ships, sailors, or shipping activity) involved with commerce. ORIGIN … English terms dictionary
merchant — [mʉr′chənt] n. [ME marchant < OFr marchant < VL * mercatans, prp. of * mercatare, for L mercari, to trade, buy < merx, wares: see MARKET] 1. a person whose business is buying and selling goods for profit; trader, esp. one in the… … English World dictionary
Merchant — Mer chant, n. [OE. marchant, OF. marcheant, F. marchand, fr. LL. mercatans, antis, p. pr. of mercatare to negotiate, L. mercari to traffic, fr. merx, mercis, wares. See {Market}, {Merit}, and cf. {Commerce}.] 1. One who traffics on a large scale … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
merchant — [n] person who sells goods broker, businessperson, consigner, dealer, exporter, handler, jobber, marketer, operator, retailer, salesperson, seller, sender, shipper, shopkeeper, storekeeper, trader, tradesperson, trafficker, tycoon, vendor,… … New thesaurus
Merchant — For other uses, see Merchant (disambiguation). Merchants from Holland and the Middle East trading. A merchant is a businessperson who trades in commodities that were produced by others, in order to earn a profit. Merchants can be one of two types … Wikipedia
merchant — n. 1 a wholesale trader, esp. with foreign countries. 2 esp. US & Sc. a retail trader. 3 colloq. usu. derog. a person showing a partiality for a specified activity or practice (speed merchant). Phrases and idioms: merchant bank esp. Brit. a bank… … Useful english dictionary
