MERCHANDISE

n. v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The objects of commerce; whatever is usually bought or sold in trade, or market, or by merchants; wares; goods; commodities. Spenser.

2.
n.

The act or business of trading; trade; traffic.

3.
v.

To trade; to carry on commerce. Bacon.

4.
v.

To make merchandise of; to buy and sell. "Love is merchandised." Shak.