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MERCHANDISE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Commodities offered for sale

Example:

that store offers a variety of products

Synonyms:

merchandise; product; ware

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("merchandise" is a kind of...):

commodity; good; trade good (articles of commerce)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "merchandise"):

piece goods; yard goods (merchandise in the form of fabrics sold by the yard)

top of the line (the best (most expensive) in a given line of merchandise)

inventory; stock (the merchandise that a shop has on hand)

software package; software product (merchandise consisting of a computer program that is offered for sale)

dreck; schlock; shlock (merchandise that is shoddy or inferior)

release (merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film))

refill (a commercial product that refills a container with its appropriate contents)

number (an item of clothing)

business line; line; line of business; line of merchandise; line of products; product line (a particular kind of product or merchandise)

irregular; second (merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name)

ironmongery (the merchandise that is sold in an ironmonger's shop)

generic (any product that can be sold without a brand name)

feature (an article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised more than other articles)

contraband (goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law)

cargo; consignment; freight; lading; load; loading; payload; shipment (goods carried by a large vehicle)

Holonyms ("merchandise" is a part of...):

mercantile establishment; outlet; retail store; sales outlet (a place of business for retailing goods)

Derivation:

merchandise (engage in the trade of)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Engage in the trade of

Example:

he is merchandising telephone sets

Synonyms:

merchandise; trade

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

"Merchandise" entails doing...:

sell (exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent)

buy; purchase (obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction)

Domain category:

commerce; commercialism; mercantilism (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "merchandise"):

black market; run (deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor)

traffic (trade or deal a commodity)

arbitrage (practice arbitrage, as in the stock market)

traffic (deal illegally)

market (engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of)

import (bring in from abroad)

export (sell or transfer abroad)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

merchandise (commodities offered for sale)

merchandiser (a businessperson engaged in retail trade)

merchandising (the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money)

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