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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

merchandise

/ˈmɝ.t͡ʃənˌdaɪs/

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What does merchandise mean?

noun

  1. Goods which are or were offered or intended for sale.
  2. Commercial goods connected (branded) with an entity such as a team, band, company, charity, work of fiction, festival, or meme. (Commonly shortened to merch.)

verb

  1. To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of goods, as by display and arrangement of goods.
More meanings (6)

verb

  1. To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of.
  2. To promote as if for sale.
  3. (archaic) To engage in trade; to carry on commerce.
  4. (archaic) To engage in the trade of.

noun

  1. (archaic) A commodity offered for sale; an article of commerce; a kind of merchandise.
  2. (archaic) The act or business of trading; trade; traffic.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈmɝ.t͡ʃənˌdaɪs/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈmɝt͡ʃəndaɪz/
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On this spot the pilgrims display their merchandise, and there too the trading residents of the place offer their goods for sale.
Alexander William KinglakeEothen; Or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the EastProject Gutenberg ebook #282
And he immediately wrote him a very sharp letter, telling him Theodorus and his merchandise might go with his good-will to destruction.
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674
More book examples (3)
It was before the days of railroads when all merchandise was hauled overland in wagons and cattle were driven through on foot.
J. A. (Joseph Amasa) MunkArizona SketchesProject Gutenberg ebook #756
The means adopted for the transport of merchandise were as tedious and difficult as those ordinarily employed for the conveyance of passengers.
Samuel SmilesThe Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer With an Introductory History of Roads and Travelling in Great BritainProject Gutenberg ebook #939
And when Jeff told them of the effect of dogs on sidewalk merchandise and the streets generally, they found it hard to believe.
Charlotte Perkins GilmanHerlandProject Gutenberg ebook #32