merchandise

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Synonyms: merchandize, merchantile, merchandiser, mechanise, merchandised, merchandises

Antonyms: merchandize, merchantile, merchandiser, mechanise, merchandised, merchandises

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Noun

1. Goods which are or were offered or intended for sale.
   • Good business depends on having good merchandise.
2. Commercial goods connected (branded) with an entity such as a team, band, company, charity, work of fiction, festival, or meme.
3. A commodity offered for sale; an article of commerce; a kind of merchandise.
4. The act or business of trading; trade; traffic.

Verb

1. To engage in trade; to carry on commerce.
2. 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.
3. To engage in the trade of.
4. To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of.
   • He got hired to merchandise some new sporting goods lines.
5. To promote as if for sale.
   • The record companies don't get as good a return on merchandising artists under contract.

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