Definition of merchant

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Merchant (n.) One who keeps a store or shop for the sale of goods; a shopkeeper.

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Navy :: Navy (n.) A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many as sail in company..
Countingroom :: Countingroom (v.) The house or room in which a merchant, trader, or manufacturer keeps his books and transacts business..
Banian :: Banian (n.) A Hindoo trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer..
Sea Pass :: Sea pass () A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to show their nationality; a sea letter or passport. See Passport..
Solvent :: Solvent (a.) Able or sufficient to pay all just debts; as, a solvent merchant; the estate is solvent..
Busy :: Busy (a.) Engaged in some business; hard at work (either habitually or only for the time being); occupied with serious affairs; not idle nor at leisure; as, a busy merchant..
Merchant :: Merchant (v. i.) To be a merchant; to trade.
Lex :: Lex (n.) Law; as, lex talionis, the law of retaliation; lex terrae, the law of the land; lex fori, the law of the forum or court; lex loci, the law of the place; lex mercatoria, the law or custom of merchants..
Insure :: Insure (v. t.) Specifically, to secure against a loss by a contingent event, on certain stipulated conditions, or at a given rate or premium; to give or to take an insurance on or for; as, a merchant insures his ship or its cargo, or both, against the dangers of the sea; goods and buildings are insured against fire or water; persons are insured against sickness, accident, or death; and sometimes hazardous debts are insured..
Merchantry :: Merchantry (n.) The body of merchants taken collectively; as, the merchantry of a country..
Galley :: Galley (n.) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; -- sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
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..
Marcantant :: Marcantant (n.) A merchant.
Rate :: Rate (n.) The class of a merchant vessel for marine insurance, determined by its relative safety as a risk, as A1, A2, etc..
Solvability :: Solvability (n.) The condition of being solvent; ability to pay all just debts; solvency; as, the solvability of a merchant..
Trust :: Trust (n.) To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment; as, merchants and manufacturers trust their customers annually with goods..
Countourhouse :: Countourhouse (n.) A merchant's office; a countinghouse.
Traveler :: Traveler (n.) A commercial agent who travels for the purpose of receiving orders for merchants, making collections, etc..
Bilander :: Bilander (n.) A small two-masted merchant vessel, fitted only for coasting, or for use in canals, as in Holland..
Hansard :: Hansard (n.) A merchant of one of the Hanse towns. See the Note under 2d Hanse.
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