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merch

  • /mɝt͡ʃ/ US
  • /mɜːtʃ/ UK

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)tʃ

noun

  1. informal, uncountable goods which are or were offered or intended for sale. His playful point of view on youthful American sportswear, expressed in boxy mohair jackets with graphic resin bubble buttons and tomboy T-shirt dresses in superfine chiffon as bright as tangerine sorbet, is backed up with what stores would describe as the merch: easy scoop-neck cashmere sweaters in
  2. especially, informal, uncountable, in entertainment goods connected with an entity whose primary activity is not the production or sale of such goods, such as a team, band, work of fiction, etc. Many musicians make merch you can only get if you join the fanclub.

verb merches · merching · merched

  1. rare, slang To merchandise. Maligned by rockers, misunderstood by critics, and merched by Madison Avenue, rave may be the only vital youth culture remaining.
  2. slang To provide proof. And I can merch on my homie, I'm used to ridin' 'round by my lonely

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: merchandize, merchandise, merchandising, merchandizing, merchantry, good, mercery, merchandry, yard goods, returns, wares, product, visual merchandising, ware, commodity, chaffer

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noun goods which are or were offered or intended for sale

日本語商品 shōhin
中文周邊 /周边 zhōubiān, 穀子 /谷子 gǔzi
DeutschFanartikel
Italianoarticolo promozionale

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@misc{merch_2026,
  title = {merch},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/merch},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}