Merchant
noun
A person who buys and sells goods to earn money.
John is a wine merchant who imports fine wines from around the world.
Often appears as...
- merchant navy
- merchant bank
noun
A company involved in wholesale trade.
He works for a major oil merchant in the Middle East.
Often appears as...
- merchant services
- merchant account
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Business
noun
In terms of playing card games, merchant can refer to a type of card in some games.
In the game, you need to use your merchant card to trade goods.
Often appears as...
- merchant card
- card merchant
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Games
noun
A person who promotes or exchange goods.
She was a successful fashion merchant in the city.
Often appears as...
- fashion merchant
- antique merchant
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Fashion
noun
A person who buys and sells goods to earn money.
John is a wine merchant who imports fine wines from around the world.
Often appears as...
- merchant navy
- merchant bank
noun
A company involved in wholesale trade.
He works for a major oil merchant in the Middle East.
Often appears as...
- merchant services
- merchant account
Usage tips
Business
noun
In terms of playing card games, merchant can refer to a type of card in some games.
In the game, you need to use your merchant card to trade goods.
Often appears as...
- merchant card
- card merchant
Usage tips
Games
noun
A person who promotes or exchange goods.
She was a successful fashion merchant in the city.
Often appears as...
- fashion merchant
- antique merchant
Usage tips
Fashion
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Economic Activity
Think of a merchant as part of the economy, involved in trade and making profit.
A local merchant offers handmade furniture at the town market.
Pro Tip 2/3Historic Profession
Historically, a merchant was a respected profession, often associated with wealth and status.
In medieval times, the spice merchant was a well-known figure in the marketplace.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Craftsman
Unlike artisans, merchants typically do not make the goods; they trade what others produce.
Although not a jeweler, the merchant had an eye for valuable gemstones.
Pro Tip 1/3Economic Activity
Think of a merchant as part of the economy, involved in trade and making profit.
A local merchant offers handmade furniture at the town market.
Pro Tip 2/3Historic Profession
Historically, a merchant was a respected profession, often associated with wealth and status.
In medieval times, the spice merchant was a well-known figure in the marketplace.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Craftsman
Unlike artisans, merchants typically do not make the goods; they trade what others produce.
Although not a jeweler, the merchant had an eye for valuable gemstones.
Pro Tip 1/3Economic Activity
Think of a merchant as part of the economy, involved in trade and making profit.
A local merchant offers handmade furniture at the town market.
Pro Tip 2/3Historic Profession
Historically, a merchant was a respected profession, often associated with wealth and status.
In medieval times, the spice merchant was a well-known figure in the marketplace.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Craftsman
Unlike artisans, merchants typically do not make the goods; they trade what others produce.
Although not a jeweler, the merchant had an eye for valuable gemstones.
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Why is Vermeer's "Girl...
Wishing to be represented in the paintings they financed, these merchants preferred middle class subjects depicted in spaces that looked like their own homes surrounded by familiar objects. The maps that appear in Vermeer's paintings, for example, were considered fashionable and worldly
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4 ways to make a city...
it's in engineering right now -- is turning an all four-lane system, half one-way into an all two-lane system, all two-way, and in so doing, we're adding 70 percent more on-street parking, which the merchants love, and it protects the sidewalk. That parking makes the sidewalk safe,
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The five major world...
In the next few years, more and more messages came, and he memorized and taught them. The verses he recited were full of wise sayings, beautiful rhymes, and mysterious metaphors. But Muhammad was a merchant, not a poet. Many agreed the verses were indeed the words of God,
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The Silk Road:...
These encounters were often less than peaceful. But even through raids and warfare, as well as trade and protection of traveling merchants in exchange for tariffs, the nomads began to spread goods, ideas and technologies between cultures with no direct contact.
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Why our IQ levels are...
who really just needed a good accountant and to know who was trustworthy in the local community for paying back their mortgage. Well, the merchant bankers who brought the world to their knees may have been morally remiss, but they were cognitively very agile.
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The rise and fall of...
Trade was the unlikely impetus for the invention of the world’s first writing system. It started as a system of accounting for Sumerian merchants conducting business with traders abroad. After a few hundred years, the early pictogram system
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Could Sea Breezes...
to feed on the fish this process can happen on any coastline in the world provided there's enough heat from the sun hitting the surface of the earth however merchant contends that if there's a sudden increase in surface temperatures
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Can you solve the stolen...
the fine will be determined through a game of wits between the merchant and the king’s most clever advisor – you. You’re both told the rules in advance. The merchant will be allowed to discreetly divide his rubies
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The impact of Simón...
he was going to achieve his goals was to engage all the races he sought help from blacks Indians mulattoes mestizos merchants of the Seas Pirates of the
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Army of Sea Urchins? PIPE...
months merchants fell vast areas of kelp forest
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Why is Vermeer's "Girl...
Wishing to be represented in the paintings they financed, these merchants preferred middle class subjects depicted in spaces that looked like their own homes surrounded by familiar objects. The maps that appear in Vermeer's paintings, for example, were considered fashionable and worldly
Video examples
4 ways to make a city...
it's in engineering right now -- is turning an all four-lane system, half one-way into an all two-lane system, all two-way, and in so doing, we're adding 70 percent more on-street parking, which the merchants love, and it protects the sidewalk. That parking makes the sidewalk safe,
Video examples
The five major world...
In the next few years, more and more messages came, and he memorized and taught them. The verses he recited were full of wise sayings, beautiful rhymes, and mysterious metaphors. But Muhammad was a merchant, not a poet. Many agreed the verses were indeed the words of God,
Video examples
The Silk Road:...
These encounters were often less than peaceful. But even through raids and warfare, as well as trade and protection of traveling merchants in exchange for tariffs, the nomads began to spread goods, ideas and technologies between cultures with no direct contact.
Video examples
Why our IQ levels are...
who really just needed a good accountant and to know who was trustworthy in the local community for paying back their mortgage. Well, the merchant bankers who brought the world to their knees may have been morally remiss, but they were cognitively very agile.
Video examples
The rise and fall of...
Trade was the unlikely impetus for the invention of the world’s first writing system. It started as a system of accounting for Sumerian merchants conducting business with traders abroad. After a few hundred years, the early pictogram system
Video examples
Could Sea Breezes...
to feed on the fish this process can happen on any coastline in the world provided there's enough heat from the sun hitting the surface of the earth however merchant contends that if there's a sudden increase in surface temperatures
Video examples
Can you solve the stolen...
the fine will be determined through a game of wits between the merchant and the king’s most clever advisor – you. You’re both told the rules in advance. The merchant will be allowed to discreetly divide his rubies
Video examples
The impact of Simón...
he was going to achieve his goals was to engage all the races he sought help from blacks Indians mulattoes mestizos merchants of the Seas Pirates of the
Video examples
Army of Sea Urchins? PIPE...
months merchants fell vast areas of kelp forest
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Arjun Rampal
Indian Actor
As a child, I had no idea that I would end up in the film industry. My ambitions changed from wanting to join the army like my grandfather to taking up merchant navy as a career to running for India, and finally, investment banking while I was a student of economics honour. But during my college days, I began to get offers for modelling.
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Alfred Lord Tennyson
British Poet
No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not knock those who work with him. Don't knock your friends. Don't knock your enemies. Don't knock yourself.
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Mickey Drexler
American Businessman
We buy and sell goods. We buy low and sell higher - that's what we all do to make a profit. But I consider a merchant someone who has a certain intuition and instinct, and - very important - knows how to run a business, knows the numbers.
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Charles Sturt
Australian Explorer
The increasing importance of Sydney must in some measure be attributed to the flourishing condition of the colony itself, to the industry of its farmers, to the successful enterprise of its merchants, and to particular local causes.
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Julie Wainwright
American Businesswoman
You have to have a unique product that Amazon just can't source. It's all about the product. Why is it important? Why is it different? Amazon are not merchants. They are technology platform guys.
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Thomas Jefferson
American President
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.
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Kevin Plank
American Businessman
The best merchants in the world aren't the ones predicting what's cool next; we're the ones dictating what's cool next.
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Adrian Lewis
English Athlete
To tell you the truth I thought I was going to be in the building trade, I worked in a builders' merchants in Stoke.
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James Cash Penney
American Businessman
There's no better friend to any merchant than a fair competitor.
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Charles Baudelaire
French Poet
For the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation.
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Arjun Rampal
Indian Actor
As a child, I had no idea that I would end up in the film industry. My ambitions changed from wanting to join the army like my grandfather to taking up merchant navy as a career to running for India, and finally, investment banking while I was a student of economics honour. But during my college days, I began to get offers for modelling.
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Alfred Lord Tennyson
British Poet
No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not knock those who work with him. Don't knock your friends. Don't knock your enemies. Don't knock yourself.
Quote examples
Mickey Drexler
American Businessman
We buy and sell goods. We buy low and sell higher - that's what we all do to make a profit. But I consider a merchant someone who has a certain intuition and instinct, and - very important - knows how to run a business, knows the numbers.
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Charles Sturt
Australian Explorer
The increasing importance of Sydney must in some measure be attributed to the flourishing condition of the colony itself, to the industry of its farmers, to the successful enterprise of its merchants, and to particular local causes.
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Julie Wainwright
American Businesswoman
You have to have a unique product that Amazon just can't source. It's all about the product. Why is it important? Why is it different? Amazon are not merchants. They are technology platform guys.
Quote examples
Thomas Jefferson
American President
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.
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Kevin Plank
American Businessman
The best merchants in the world aren't the ones predicting what's cool next; we're the ones dictating what's cool next.
Quote examples
Adrian Lewis
English Athlete
To tell you the truth I thought I was going to be in the building trade, I worked in a builders' merchants in Stoke.
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James Cash Penney
American Businessman
There's no better friend to any merchant than a fair competitor.
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Charles Baudelaire
French Poet
For the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation.
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