Picture goods laid out for sale — on shelves, in a window, at a stall — things that exist in order to be bought. Merchandise is that stock seen from the seller's side. The verb takes the same scene and adds the effort: arranging, advertising, and displaying so the goods actually move.
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merchandisenoun詞源 1/ˈmɜː.t͡ʃənˌdaɪs/
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Goods which are or were offered or intended for sale.
- Good business depends on having good merchandise.
- So, if a Sonne that is by his Father ſent about Merchandize, doe ſinfully miſcarry vpon the Sea; the imputation of his vvickedneſſe, by your rule, ſhould be impoſed vpon his Father that ſent him: […]
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Commercial goods connected (branded) with an entity such as a team, band, company, charity, work of fiction, festival, or meme. (Commonly shortened to merch.)
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archaicA commodity offered for sale; an article of commerce; a kind of merchandise.
- Would we then see in what sence heavenly things may be called a merchandise, and in what sence not; this is easy to him that will understand.
- What security was there that she might not be a very unfit person, one who had made a merchandise of her charms, the child itself being the offspring of some accidental connexion?
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archaicThe act or business of trading; trade; traffic.
merchandiseverb詞源 2/ˈmɜːt͡ʃəndaɪz/
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archaicTo engage in trade; to carry on commerce.
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To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of goods, as by display and arrangement of goods.
- He started his career merchandising in a small clothing store chain.
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archaicTo engage in the trade of.
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To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of.
- He got hired to merchandise some new sporting goods lines.
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To promote as if for sale.
- The record companies don't get as good a return on merchandising artists under contract.
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