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; to declare publicly; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, ets.; as, to cry goods, etc. Love is lost, and thus she cries him. Crashaw.

Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a shop, manufactory, etc., for making purchases or giving orders; business support. Let him have your custom, but not your votes. Addison.

tomhouse broker, an agent who acts for merchants in the business of entering and clearing goods and vessels.

y or oppressive burden. Dryden. (b) (Shipping) A ship's lading, when it consists of heavy goods; or, the heaviest part of a ship's cargo. (c) (Railroad) The weight of rolling stock, the live weight being the load. Knight. -- Dead wind (Naut.), a wind directly ahead, or opposed to the ship's course. -- To be dead, to…

esp., a trader, a trafficker, a shopkeeper, a broker, or a merchant; as, a dealer in dry goods; a dealer in stocks; a retail dealer.

A kind of woolen or mixed dress goods. [Written also debage.]

A customhouse certificate entitling an exporter of imported goods to a drawback of duties paid on their importation. Burrill.

Entitled to drawback or debenture; as, debentured goods.

th debt; -- the opposite of, and correlative to, credit; as, to debit a purchaser for the goods sold.

A place for exit; an outlet; hence, a market for goods. The débouchés were ordered widened to afford easy egress. The Century.

That which is due from one person to another, whether money, goods, or services; that which one person is bound to pay to another, or to perform for his benefit; thing owed; obligation; liability. Your son, my lord, has paid a soldier's debt. Shak. When you run in debt, you give to another power over your liberty. Fran…

To make full statement of, as goods, etc., for the purpose of paying taxes, duties, etc. To declare off, to recede from an agreement, undertaking, contract, etc.; to renounce. -- To declare one's self, to avow one's opinion; to show openly what one thinks, or which side he espouses.

dditional premium or commission (called a del credere commission), engages, when he sells goods on credit, to insure, warrant, or guarantee to his principal the solvency of the purchaser, the engagement of the factor being to pay the debt himself if it is not punctually discharged by the buyer when it becomes due.…

ance of a thing; distribution; as, the delivery of a fort, of hostages, of a criminal, of goods, of letters.

t seeking or search; manifested want; desire to posses; request; as, a demand for certain goods; a person's company is in great demand. In 1678 came forth a second edition [Pilgrim's Progress] with additions; and the demand became immense. Macaulay.

A store keeping a great variety of goods which are arranged in several departments, esp. one with dry goods as the principal stock.

To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store; as, to deposit goods in a warehouse.

One to whom goods are bailed, to be kept for the bailor without a recompense. Kent.

place where anything is deposited for sale or keeping; as, warehouse is a depository for goods; a clerk's office is a depository for records.

A place of deposit storing of goods; a warehouse; a storehouse. The islands of Guernsey and Jersey are at present the great depots of this kingdom. Brit Critic (1794).