different between merchant vs merchandiser

English

Alternative forms

• merchaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English marchant, from Old French marchant, from Latin mercans (“a buyer”), present participle of mercor (“trade, traffic, buy”), from merx (“merchandise, traffic”), itself probably ultimately deriving from Etruscan; see also mercy.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?t??nt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m??t??nt/
• Hyphenation: mer?chant
• Rhymes: -??(?)t??nt

Noun

merchant (plural merchants)

1. A person who traffics in commodities for profit.

   Synonym: trader

2. The owner or operator of a retail business.
3. A trading vessel; a merchantman.
   • 1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, II. i. 5:

     Every day, some sailor's wife, / The masters of some merchant, and the merchant, / Have just our theme of woe.

4. (obsolete) A supercargo.

Derived terms

Related terms

• mercantile
• merchandise

Translations

Verb

merchant (third-person singular simple present merchants, present participle merchanting, simple past and past participle merchanted)

1. As a resident of a region, to buy goods from a non-resident and sell them to another non-resident.

   a merchanting service

Further reading

• merchant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• merchant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• “merchant” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

merchandise +? -er

Noun

merchandiser (plural merchandisers)

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

Anagrams

• merchandries

French

Etymology

From the English verb merchandise.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??.???.di.ze/

Verb

merchandiser

1. to optimize the profitability of a point of sale and of its merchandise.

Conjugation