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Merchant :: Merchant (n.) A trading vessel; a merchantman.

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..

Trader :: Trader (n.) One engaged in trade or commerce; one who makes a business of buying and selling or of barter; a merchant; a trafficker; as, a trader to the East Indies; a country trader..

Trade-mark :: Trade-mark (n.) A peculiar distinguishing mark or device affixed by a manufacturer or a merchant to his goods, the exclusive right of using which is recognized by law..

Merchantman :: Merchantman (n.) A trading vessel; a ship employed in the transportation of goods, as, distinguished from a man-of-war..

Trafficker :: Trafficker (n.) One who traffics, or carries on commerce; a trader; a merchant..

Insolvency :: Insolvency (n.) The condition of being insolvent; the state or condition of a person who is insolvent; the condition of one who is unable to pay his debts as they fall due, or in the usual course of trade and business; as, a merchant's insolvency..

Copeman :: Copeman (v. i.) A chapman; a dealer; a merchant.

Mercantile :: Mercantile (a.) Of or pertaining to merchants, or the business of merchants; having to do with trade, or the buying and selling of commodities; commercial..

Traveler :: Traveler (n.) A commercial agent who travels for the purpose of receiving orders for merchants, making collections, etc..

Longboat :: Longboat (n.) Formerly, the largest boat carried by a merchant vessel, corresponding to the launch of a naval vessel..

Merchantry :: Merchantry (n.) The body of merchants taken collectively; as, the merchantry of a country..

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.

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..

Plimsoll''s Mark :: Plimsoll's mark () A mark conspicuously painted on the port side of all British sea-going merchant vessels, to indicate the limit of submergence allowed by law; -- so called from Samuel Plimsoll, by whose efforts the act of Parliament to prevent overloading was procured..

Argosy :: Argosy (n.) A large ship, esp. a merchant vessel of the largest size..

Handle :: Handle (v. t.) To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell; as, a merchant handles a variety of goods, or a large stock..

Rate :: Rate (n.) The class of a merchant vessel for marine insurance, determined by its relative safety as a risk, as A1, A2, etc..

Hansard :: Hansard (n.) A merchant of one of the Hanse towns. See the Note under 2d Hanse.

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

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