Definition of merchant

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of merchant is as below...

Merchant (n.) One who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; a trafficker; a trader..

Lern More About Merchant

Navy :: Navy (n.) A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many as sail in company..
Burse :: Burse (n.) An exchange, for merchants and bankers, in the cities of continental Europe. Same as Bourse..
Stock :: Stock (n.) Supply provided; store; accumulation; especially, a merchant's or manufacturer's store of goods; as, to lay in a stock of provisions..
Discount :: Discount (v.) To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills..
Scavage :: Scavage (n.) A toll or duty formerly exacted of merchant strangers by mayors, sheriffs, etc., for goods shown or offered for sale within their precincts..
Seal :: Seal (v. t.) To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality; as, to seal weights and measures; to seal silverware..
Unsalable :: Unsalable (a.) Not salable; unmerchantable.
Bourse :: Bourse (n.) An exchange, or place where merchants, bankers, etc., meet for business at certain hours; esp., the Stock Exchange of Paris..
Tidewaiter :: Tidewaiter (n.) A customhouse officer who watches the landing of goods from merchant vessels, in order to secure payment of duties..
Master :: Master (n.) The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel..
Howadji :: Howadji (n.) A merchant; -- so called in the East because merchants were formerly the chief travelers.
Adventurer :: Adventurer (n.) One who adventures; as, the merchant adventurers; one who seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous enterprises..
Sea Letter :: Sea letter () The customary certificate of national character which neutral merchant vessels are bound to carry in time of war; a passport for a vessel and cargo.
Forecastle :: Forecastle (n.) In merchant vessels, the forward part of the vessel, under the deck, where the sailors live..
Exchange :: Exchange (n.) The place where the merchants, brokers, and bankers of a city meet at certain hours, to transact business. In this sense often contracted to 'Change..
Importer :: Importer (n.) One who imports; the merchant who brings goods into a country or state; -- opposed to exporter.
Merchant :: Merchant (n.) One who keeps a store or shop for the sale of goods; a shopkeeper.
Copeman :: Copeman (v. i.) A chapman; a dealer; a merchant.
Merchandise :: Merchandise (n.) The objects of commerce; whatever is usually bought or sold in trade, or market, or by merchants; wares; goods; commodities..
Merchant :: Merchant (a.) Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as, the merchant service..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us