noun / verb
merchandise
MUR-chun-dyce/ˈmɜːrtʃəndaɪs/
Goods offered for sale, or promoting and selling them.
The shop displays its merchandise neatly.
Etymology
Built on the word for a merchant, merchandise first named the activity or business of trading. Its meaning then shifted from buying and selling to the goods being bought and sold.
In context
they brought and sold merchandise in all the ports of the Mediterranean Sea and transported it by their merchant vessels to and fro
More examples
- The company merchandises its products through local stores.
- Damaged merchandise was returned to the supplier.
- She is merchandising the new clothing line online.
Forms
merchandise · merchandises · merchandised · merchandising
merchandising noun — promoting and presenting goods for sale