merchandise Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun commodities offered for sale
    product; ware.
    • good business depends on having good merchandise
    • that store offers a variety of products
  2. verb engage in the trade of
    trade.
    • he is merchandising telephone sets

WordNet

Mer"chan*dise noun
Etymology
F. marchandise, OF. marcheandise.
Definitions
  1. The objects of commerce; whatever is usually bought or sold in trade, or market, or by merchants; wares; goods; commodities. Spenser.
  2. The act or business of trading; trade; traffic.
Mer"chan*dise intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Merchandised ; present participle & verbal noun Merchandising
Definitions
  1. To trade; to carry on commerce. Bacon.
Mer"chan*dise transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To make merchandise of; to buy and sell. "Love is merchandised." Shak.

Webster 1913