as in trader
a buyer and seller of goods for profit
free trade agreements that are favored by merchants on both sides of the border
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Recent Examples of merchant
And, in an indication of widespread appeal, different third-party merchants sell the glasses online in China.
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Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2025
Folsom was once a bustling outpost where Gold Rush miners and merchants converged.
—David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Olvera Street and its merchants have celebrated Dia de los Muertos for nearly 40 years.
—Holly Alvarado, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
Amazon’s algorithm generally considers a customer’s buying history while recommending products and showing ads during a search, according to analysts and consultants who work with merchants on the e-commerce platform.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
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Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2025
Folsom was once a bustling outpost where Gold Rush miners and merchants converged.
—David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Olvera Street and its merchants have celebrated Dia de los Muertos for nearly 40 years.
—Holly Alvarado, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
Amazon’s algorithm generally considers a customer’s buying history while recommending products and showing ads during a search, according to analysts and consultants who work with merchants on the e-commerce platform.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for merchant
Noun
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In this age of discovery, new maritime technologies including the caravel, information tools like the printing press, and changes in the process of loaning money all helped contribute to an upswell of European traders looking for new markets to conquer by force.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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This week's comeback, however, is reminiscent of the height of the pandemic, when retail traders took on online message boards such as Reddit's WallStreetBets to coordinate moves behind high-risk, aggressive trades.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Today, the bikemaker has more than 5,000 dealers in India alone, with a global presence in more than 90 countries, and five manufacturing facilities spread out across the globe to meet that demand.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
25 Oct. 2025
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An unaltered shuffle machine contains cameras that alert the casino, dealer, or house if a card is missing and ensures the deck is correctly sorted, according to Piacente.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Merchant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/merchant. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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