English Words: M

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merchandisenoun

Goods which are or were offered or intended for sale.

merchandisernoun

A trader, seller or merchant, especially in the retail trade.

merchandisingnoun

gerund of merchandise

merchandizenoun

Obsolete spelling of merchandise.

merchandizingnoun

Alternative spelling of merchandising.

merchandrynoun

trade; commerce

merchantnoun

A person who traffics in commodities for profit.

merchant fleetnoun

A fleet of merchant ships, calculated either on a country-by-country basis, or on a global basis.

merchant marinenoun

Synonym of merchant navy: a fleet of commercial vessels.

merchant marinernoun

A sailor who works on a merchant marine (vessel), that is, in a merchant marine (fleet).

merchant navynoun

A civilian maritime fleet dedicated to the sea transport of goods and merchandise; especially, such a fleet of any particular nationality.

merchant princenoun

A mercantile plutocrat: a man who wields great de facto political power by virtue of economic assets derived from trade and commerce.

merchant shipnoun

A ship that is principally or (usually) entirely civilian, engaged in trade, which carries cargo, passengers, or both.

merchantabilitynoun

The state of being merchantable.

merchantableadj

Fit for the market, i.e. suitable for selling for an ordinary price. Sometimes, this is a technical designation for a particular kind or class.

merchantablenessnoun

Quality of being merchantable.

merchantessnoun

Synonym of merchantwoman.

merchanthoodnoun

The role or status of a merchant.

merchantishadj

Resembling or characteristic of a merchant.

merchantlikeadj

Befitting a good merchant; fair, honest, above board.

merchantlyadj

Befitting a merchant.

merchantmannoun

A male merchant (person engaged in trade).

merchantrynoun

The body of merchants taken collectively.

merchantsnoun

plural of merchant

merchantwomannoun

A female merchant (person engaged in trade).

merchetnoun

In Middle Ages England, a fine paid to a lord on a daughter's marriage, in recompense for the loss of a worker.

merchildnoun

The young of either sex of a legendary creature, human from the waist up, fishlike from the waist down.

merciintj

Thank you.

merci bucketsintj

Alternative spelling of mercy buckets.

Mercianame

One of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England.

merciableadj

merciful

Merciannoun

A native or inhabitant of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia.

mercienoun

Obsolete spelling of mercy.

merciedadj

Tempered by mercy; merciful.

Merciername

A surname.

mercificationnoun

The transformation into a setting for and about buying and selling; commercialization; consumerization.

mercifixionnoun

The process of mercifying. (Now usually in reference to the treatment of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice.)

mercifuladj

Showing mercy.

mercifullyadv

In a merciful manner.

mercifulnessnoun

The state of being merciful; mercy.

mercifyverb

To have mercy on; to pity.

mercilessadj

Showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless.

mercilesslyadv

In a merciless manner.

mercilessnessnoun

The property of being merciless.

mercinessnoun

The state, quality, or condition of being merciful; mercifulness

Merck's rhinonoun

Merck's rhinoceros.

Merck's rhinocerosnoun

An extinct rhinoceros of species †Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis, living in Eurasia during the Pleistocene.

Mercosurname

A trade bloc formed by Argentina, Brasil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and formerly Venezuela (2006–2017).

mercownoun

Any of several marine mammals of the order Sirenia, including the manatee and dugong; sea-cow.

mercreaturenoun

A creature of the sea, especially one which is mythical.

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