What is the difference between merchantable and merchandise?
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Fit for market; such as is usually sold in market, or such as will bring the ordinary price; as, merchantable wheat; sometimes, a technical designation for a particular kind or class.
(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.
Merchandise is a related term of merchantable.
As an adjective merchantable
is fit for market; such as is usually sold in market, or such as will bring the ordinary price; as, merchantable wheat; sometimes, a technical designation for a particular kind or class.As a noun merchandise is
commodities offered for sale.As a verb merchandise is
to engage in trade; to carry on commerce.merchantable
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(Webster 1913)Adjective
(en adjective)Antonyms
* unmerchantableReferences
*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.
