Lading vs Merchandise - What's the difference?

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Lading is a related term of merchandise.

As verbs the difference between lading and merchandise

is that lading is while merchandise is .

As a noun lading

is (countable) the action of loading.

lading

English

Noun

(countable) The action of loading.

(uncountable) Shipment, cargo, freight.

* 1719,

the ship remained there, in providing his lading and preparing for his voyage, nearly three months...

Synonyms

* (action of loading) loading * (cargo) freight, load, payload, shipment, consignment

Derived terms

* bill of lading

Verb

(head)

Anagrams

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merchandise

English

Alternative forms

* merchandize , merchaundise (obsolete),merchaundize (obsolete)

Noun

(en-noun)

(uncountable) Commodities offered for sale.

''good business depends on having good merchandise

(countable) A commodity offered for sale; an article of commerce; a kind of merchandise.

(uncountable) The act or business of trading; trade; traffic.

Usage notes

* Adjectives often applied to "merchandise": returned, used, damaged, stolen, assorted, lost, promotional, industrial, cheap, expensive, imported, good, inferior.

Synonyms

* wares * product

Verb

(merchandis)

(archaic) To engage in trade; to carry on commerce.

(Francis Bacon)

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.

(archaic) To engage in the trade of.

To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of.

He got hired to merchandise some new sporting goods lines.

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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