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The practice of a body shop, recruiting workers in order to contract them out.
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(historical, Spanish America and Philippines) An exchange for the transaction of business.
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A person who examines goods for sale but purchases nothing.
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(retailing) A person who purchases items for resale in a retail establishment.
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(US, military) An individual canned, precooked, or prepared wet ration formerly issued to land forces in the US military.
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Resembling or characteristic of cash.
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The merchandise of a chandler.
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(archaic) The activity or business of a chapman (merchant, peddler); trading, bargaining.
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A plate or other container passed among the worshipers attending a Christian church service, into which donations of money are placed.
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(intransitive, archaic) To carry on trade; to traffic.
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Of or pertaining to commerce.
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Alternative form of deadstock [Merchandise that has not yielded any use yet: from the view of the entrepreneur, one that has failed to be sold or processed and is now stowed away for possible sale or manufacturing at a later date, from the view of the consumer, a piece that has been obtained but not found application and is now—perhaps even with original labelling or packaging—stored for future ideas.]
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Merchandise that has not yielded any use yet: from the view of the entrepreneur, one that has failed to be sold or processed and is now stowed away for possible sale or manufacturing at a later date, from the view of the consumer, a piece that has been obtained but not found application and is now—perhaps even with original labelling or packaging—stored for future ideas.
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A place where something is deposited, as for storage, safekeeping, or preservation; a repository.
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The practice of buying an item, using it once and then returning it to the place it was bought for a refund, having had the intention of doing so when buying the item.
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(retail) Goods that are not selling well and may need to be discounted or otherwise disposed of.
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A market selling clothing, electronics, etc. rather than fresh meat and produce.
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Alternative form of dry goods [(US) Any product for sale that does not require special storage treatment, especially textiles.]
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(archaic, by extension) A market for goods.
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(finance, business) Goods which are available immediately from a supplier's stock-holding and therefore with little or no lead time (other than delivery).
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To sell (something or things) at a flea market.
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A sale of used household goods in the driveway or garage of someone's home.
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US standard spelling of grey market. [(business) The buying and selling of goods through distribution channels other than those authorized or intended by the manufacturer or producer.]
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Alternative form of Greenbacker [(historical, US) A member of the Greenback Party, who supported greenback or paper money, and opposed the resumption of specie payments.]
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(business) The buying and selling of goods through distribution channels other than those authorized or intended by the manufacturer or producer.
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The commodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery store.
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Alternative form of grubstake [(mining) Money, materials, tools, food etc. provided to a prospector in return for a share in future profits.]
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(mining) Money, materials, tools, food etc. provided to a prospector in return for a share in future profits.
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(business) A retail product collection which includes many non-information goods, such as home appliances, housewares, and sporting goods, in addition to the DIY hardware which is the focus of the first definition, above.
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The purchase of a house.
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A wholesale merchant business that buys goods and bulk products from importers, other wholesalers, or manufacturers, and then sells to retailers.
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To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription. etc.
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Of or relating to the traditional form of stock photography where images are sourced from large agencies rather than individually.
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(intransitive) To deal in a market; to buy or sell; to make bargains for provisions or goods.
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(by extension) The world of commerce and trade.
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Obsolete spelling of marketing [(up to the 1920s, archaic) Shopping, going to market as a buyer.]
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(obsolete) To buy or sell in, or as in a mart.
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(economics) Concerned with the exchange of goods for profit.
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(obsolete) To subject to fine or amercement; to mulct; to amerce.
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The goods in which a mercer deals.
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(informal) Merchandise (“goods which are or were offered or intended for sale”).
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(obsolete) To trade; to traffic.
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(uncountable) Commercial goods connected (branded) with an entity such as a team, band, company, charity, work of fiction, festival, or meme. (Commonly shortened to merch.)
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Alternative spelling of merchandise [(uncountable) Goods which are or were offered or intended for sale.]
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Alternative spelling of merchandiser [A trader, seller or merchant, especially in the retail trade.]
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Alternative spelling of merchandising [(archaic) Trade in merchandise.]
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(obsolete) trade; commerce
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As a resident of a region, to buy goods from a non-resident and sell them to another non-resident.
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(dated) Alternative spelling of mercantile [(economics) Concerned with the exchange of goods for profit.]
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(dated) The business of a merchant; merchandise.
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Obsolete form of merchandise. [(uncountable) Goods which are or were offered or intended for sale.]
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Obsolete form of merchandise. [(uncountable) Goods which are or were offered or intended for sale.]
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Obsolete form of merchant. [A person who traffics in commodities for profit.]
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To work as a mystery shopper; to pose as a customer or client in order to evaluate a business.
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(commerce) An item that was originally part of a set but is sold individually; an excess item of stock.
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(intransitive) To purchase goods outside of one's local area.
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(historical) In some European bourses or stock exchanges, the railed-in space within which the agents de change, or privileged brokers, conduct business; also, the business conducted by them, distinguished from the coulisse, or outside market.
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Alternative form of peddlery [(obsolete) The trade or goods of a peddler.]
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(obsolete) A market at which bulk supplies of goods (rather than just samples) were available for sale.
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A company or individual that purchases goods or services with the intention of reselling them rather than consuming or using them.
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A nightly surcharge imposed by hotels on top of the usual rate, nominally to cover the cost of certain amenities.
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To sell at retail, or in small quantities directly to customers.
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(plural only) Merchandise returned to the retailer, wholesaler or supplier.
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(obsolete, historical) Goods made for general sale (as opposed to goods made specially to order).
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An item that is sold at retail (as opposed, for example, to being rented out).
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Alternative form of sell-through [(uncountable) The proportion of wholesale items that are eventually sold at retail]
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The process of buying goods or services, or searching for those suitable to buy.
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(retail) The sale of an item that is not stocked by ordering it from another company
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(in the plural, brokers' slang, dated) Commodities, such as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery.
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Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled.
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(by extension, obsolete) A person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense.
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Alternative form of stock-in-trade [Merchandise and other necessary supplies kept on hand in order to do business.]
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Alternative spelling of stock-in-trade [Merchandise and other necessary supplies kept on hand in order to do business.]
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Alternative form of stock-in-trade [Merchandise and other necessary supplies kept on hand in order to do business.]
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Merchandise and other necessary supplies kept on hand in order to do business.
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Alternative form of stock market [A market for the trading of company stock.]
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(Internet slang, finance, humorous, chiefly in the plural) A stock, especially a bullish one.
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(countable) An amount of something supplied.
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(in combination) A retail sale in which items included in the sale are tagged with a coloured tag.
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(uncountable) Buying and selling of goods and services on a market.
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A place or business that trades or sells items.
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(business, finance) An indoor space in which exchanges of standardized goods such as securities are completed.
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A place where treasure is stored safely.
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To hawk or to peddle merchandise.
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The practice of presenting products and services to customers, in store or elsewhere, in order to highlight their features and benefits and thereby increase potential sales.
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Goods or services that are for sale.
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The activity of working as an intermediary, making a profit from buying and selling things, or making contracts between parties.
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(business) The sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants.
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Abbreviation of wholesale. [(business) The sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants.]
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(idiomatic) The browsing of shop windows without any intention of buying.
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(US) A sale of used household goods held on the seller's own premises.
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