merchandise
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merchandise¹
- /ˈmɜː.t͡ʃənˌdaɪs/ UK
- /-daɪz/ UK
- /ˈmɝ.t͡ʃənˌdaɪs/ US
- /-daɪz/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English marchaundise (“commerce, trading; buying; business transaction, deal; merchandise, goods, wares; possessions”), from Anglo-Norman marchaundise and Old French marcheandise (modern French marchandise), from Old French marcheant (“seller, vendor”) (ultimately from Latin mercātus (“buying and selling, trade, traffic; market; marketplace”), possibly originally Etruscan) + -ise (suffix forming feminine nouns, often denoting a quality or state). The English word is analysable as merchant + -ise.
noun merchandises · merchandize · merchaundise · merchaundize · mdse
- Goods which are or were offered or intended for sale. Good business depends on having good merchandise.
- Commercial goods connected (branded) with an entity such as a team, band, company, charity, work of fiction, festival, or meme. (Commonly shortened to merch.)
- A commodity offered for sale; an article of commerce; a kind of merchandise. Would we then see in what sence heavenly things may be called a merchandise, and in what sence not; this is easy to him that will understand.
- The act or business of trading; trade; traffic.
merchandise²
- /ˈmɜːt͡ʃəndaɪz/ UK
- /ˈmɝt͡ʃəndaɪz/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English marchaundisen (“to engage in commerce, traffic”), from marchaundise (noun) (see etymology 1) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive of verbs).
verb merchandises · merchandising · merchandised · merchandize
- To engage in trade; to carry on commerce.
- To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of goods, as by display and arrangement of goods. He started his career merchandising in a small clothing store chain.
- To engage in the trade of.
- To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of. He got hired to merchandise some new sporting goods lines.
- To promote as if for sale. The record companies don't get as good a return on merchandising artists under contract.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: wares, product, trade, trading, stock-in-trade, marketing, commodity, goods, mercantile, promotional, property, gift, stash, collateral, good, commercial
Translations
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noun goods offered for sale
| Español | mercancías, mercaderías |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 상품 sangpum |
| 日本語 | 品物 shinamonó, 商品 shōhin, 物品 buppin, 品 shina, 商材 shōzai |
| 中文 | 產品 /产品 chǎnpǐn, 貨物 /货物 huòwù, 物品 wùpǐn, 製品 /制品 zhìpǐn |
| हिन्दी | वस्तु vastu, जिंस jins, माल māl, सामान sāmān, पण्य paṇya |
| Português | mercadoria |
| Français | marchandise, bien |
| Deutsch | Ware, Waren, Gut, Handelsgut, Handelsware |
| Italiano | merce, mercanzia |
| Ελληνικά | εμπόρευμα empórevma, αγαθά agathá |
| Română | marfă |
| Русский | това́р továr |
| Tiếng Việt | thương phẩm, hàng hoá |
| العربية | بِضَاعَة biḍāʕa, بَضَائِع baḍāʔiʕ, سِلْعَة silʕa, سِلَع silaʕ, مَتَاع matāʕ |
| עברית | סְחוֹרָה s'khorá, מִמְכָּר mimkár |
Talk about this word "merchandise." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/merchandise. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. merchandise. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/merchandise "merchandise." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/merchandise.Cite this
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title = {merchandise},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/merchandise},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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