merchant
IPA: mˈɝtʃʌnt
noun
- A person who traffics in commodities for profit.
- The owner or operator of a retail business.
- A trading vessel; a merchantman.
- (informal, sometimes derogatory) Someone who is noted for a stated type of activity or behaviour.
- (obsolete) A supercargo.
- A surname.
verb
- As a resident of a region, to buy goods from a non-resident and sell them to another non-resident.
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Examples of "merchant" in Sentences
- The merchants are good at bargaining.
- Merchants underbid the price of perfume.
- Merchants vend jars and boxes to people.
- That is the responsibility of the merchant.
- The merchant started to dance in the street.
- The incident enraged merchants in the bazaar.
- His father, Solomon, was a merchant and vintner.
- At the market, the cheese was shown to the merchants.
- The cost of the service is subscription to a merchant account.
- It is crowded with merchants of every nation and its habitants are themselves the most eminent merchants in the world.
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