Definition of merchant

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Merchant (a.) Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as, the merchant service..

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Argosy :: Argosy (n.) A large ship, esp. a merchant vessel of the largest size..
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..
Navy :: Navy (n.) A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many as sail in company..
Prince :: Prince (a.) The chief of any body of men; one at the head of a class or profession; one who is preeminent; as, a merchant prince; a prince of players..
Commissionnaire :: Commissionnaire (n.) An agent or factor; a commission merchant.
Butlerage :: Butlerage (n.) A duty of two shillings on every tun of wine imported into England by merchant strangers; -- so called because paid to the king's butler for the king.
Copeman :: Copeman (v. i.) A chapman; a dealer; a merchant.
Unsalable :: Unsalable (a.) Not salable; unmerchantable.
Inventory :: Inventory (v. t.) To make an inventory of; to make a list, catalogue, or schedule of; to insert or register in an account of goods; as, a merchant inventories his stock..
Trafficker :: Trafficker (n.) One who traffics, or carries on commerce; a trader; a merchant..
Solvability :: Solvability (n.) The condition of being solvent; ability to pay all just debts; solvency; as, the solvability of a merchant..
Merchantman :: Merchantman (n.) A trading vessel; a ship employed in the transportation of goods, as, distinguished from a man-of-war..
Strong :: Strong (superl.) Having great wealth, means, or resources; as, a strong house, or company of merchants..
Address :: Address (v.) To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor; as, the ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore..
Wholesale :: Wholesale (a.) Pertaining to, or engaged in, trade by the piece or large quantity; selling to retailers or jobbers rather than to consumers; as, a wholesale merchant; the wholesale price..
Merchant :: Merchant (n.) A trading vessel; a merchantman.
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..
Tidewaiter :: Tidewaiter (n.) A customhouse officer who watches the landing of goods from merchant vessels, in order to secure payment of duties..
Passport :: Passport (n.) A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to certify their nationality and protect them from belligerents; a sea letter..
-ant :: -ant () A suffix sometimes marking the agent for action; as, merchant, covenant, servant, pleasant, etc. Cf. -ent..
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