Branding vs Merchandise - What's the difference?
branding | merchandise |
process in which a mark, usually a symbol or ornamental pattern, is burned into the skin of a living person or animal
* {{quote-news, year=2008, date=May 18, author=Mitch Keller, title=Ink-Stained and Loving It, work=New York Times
, passage=Tattoos, in particular, are not the radical brandings , the bold violations of flesh and propriety, they once were. }}
(uncountable) Commodities offered for sale.
(countable) A commodity offered for sale; an article of commerce; a kind of merchandise.
(uncountable) The act or business of trading; trade; traffic.
(archaic) To engage in trade; to carry on commerce.
To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of goods, as by display and arrangement of goods.
(archaic) To engage in the trade of.
To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of.
To promote as if for sale.
As verbs the difference between branding and merchandise
is that branding is while merchandise is .As a noun branding
is process in which a mark, usually a symbol or ornamental pattern, is burned into the skin of a living person or animal.branding
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(en noun)citation
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(head)See also
* branding iron * branding moment ----merchandise
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Alternative forms
* merchandize , merchaundise (obsolete),merchaundize (obsolete)Noun
(en-noun)- ''good business depends on having good merchandise
Usage notes
* Adjectives often applied to "merchandise": returned, used, damaged, stolen, assorted, lost, promotional, industrial, cheap, expensive, imported, good, inferior.Synonyms
* wares * productVerb
(merchandis)- (Francis Bacon)
- He started his career merchandising in a small clothing store chain.
- He got hired to merchandise some new sporting goods lines.
- The record companies don't get as good a return on merchandising artists under contract.