| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Merchandise.[Websters]
2. To have stuffed, junked, objected, drugged or mattered. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To be articled or claused. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To have handled or negotiated. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To be candied. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To have stocked or inventoried. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To be propertied or ranched. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To have coked or dusted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To be tooled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To be cogged.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb merchandise.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (merchandise) | 1. Engage in the trade of.[Wordnet]. 2. To trade; to carry on commerce.[Websters]. 3. To make merchandise of; to buy and sell.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: merchandising, merchandised, merchandises, merchandiser, merchandisers, merchandisingly and merchisedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "MERCHANDISED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
Specialty Definition: merchandise
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Noun] The objects of commerce; wares, goods, commodities, whatever is usually bought or sold in trade. But provisions daily sold in market, horses, cattle, and fuel are not usually included in the term,and real estate never.. | 2: [Noun] Trade; traffick; commerce.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | |
| Health | Drugs. (references) | ||
| Law | MERCHANDISE. By this term is understood all those things which merchants sell either wholesale or retail, as dry goods, hardware, groceries, drugs, &c. It is usually applied to personal chattels only, and to those which are not required for food or immediate support, but such as remain after having been used or which are used only by a slow consumption. Vide Pardess. n. 8; Dig. 13, 3, 1; Id. 19, 4, 1; Id. 50, 16, 66. 8 Pet. 277; 2 Story, R. 16, 53, 54; 6 Wend. 335. (references) | ||
| Slang | Noun. Source: Linguistic 101 students at the University of Oregon. Definition: Used as a codeword for marijuana. Unless the dealer in question has a tendency for robbery, it is not confuse with anything else. One of the many words used as a codeword for marijuana. Context: Used almost exclusively in the conversations of dealers, and often used when one dealer is talking to the dealer that they buy from. Social Source: Marijuana Dealers. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] commodities offered for sale good business depends on having good merchandise. (references) | 2: [Verb] to engage in the trade of. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Common Expressions: merchandise
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Doctor Who merchandise | The long running British science fiction television series Doctor Who has since its beginnings in the 1960s generated many hundreds of products related to the show, from toys and games to picture cards and postage stamps. This article is not an exhaustive list of merchandise but attempts to present a flavour of the type of material that has been produced. This entry mainly concentrates on "official" spin-offs, that is to say, material sanctioned by the British Broadcasting Corporation, which produces the series. (references) | ||
| EastEnders merchandise | EastEnders merchandise refers to products relating to the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders, that have been available for purchase. (references) | ||
| G-Unit Clothing and Merchandise | G-Unit Clothing and Merchandise is official merchandise endorsed by 50 Cent and his rap group G-Unit. The multi-platinum rapper has endorsed various products from clothing, sneakers, necklaces, and even bottled water. (references) | ||
| Line of merchandise | A particular kind of product or merchandise. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Merchandise Management System | A merchandise management system (MMS) is an automated information system to keep track of the inventory in a warehouse or store. Usually the merchandise can be grouped into product lines. Thus, the MMS shows the exact number of products a business has in stock at any particular time. (references) | ||
| Merchandise Mart | The Merchandise Mart is the largest commercial building in the world, located in Chicago, Illinois. It opened in 1930 on the site of the Chicago and North Western Railway's former Wells Street Station, which they abandoned in favor of the Chicago and North Western Passenger Terminal in 1911. (references) | ||
| Return Merchandise Authorization | A Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) is a transaction whereby the recipient of a product arranges to return defective goods to the supplier to have the product repaired or replaced or in order to receive a refund or credit for another product from the same retailer or corporation. (references) | ||
| Service Merchandise | Service Merchandise Was a chain of large stores carrying fine jewelry, toys, sporting goods, and electronics. (references) | ||
| Spice Girls merchandise | In 1997, Galoob Toys released the Spice Girls Dolls based on the popular girl-group, the Spice Girls. (references) | ||
| The Magic School Bus merchandise | Most of the original titles were created by the software company Music Pen in collaboration with Microsoft and Scholastic Press, the publisher of the Magic School Bus book series. Though in the cartoon series, the bus was obviously animated in the usual way, in the CD-ROM games, it is typically animated with computer generated imagery. In all these titles the user gets to "drive" the bus, which almost always involves clicking on the steering wheel and choosing a location. (The exception is The Magic School Bus Explores Inside the Earth where it is the gear shift instead of the steering wheel.) Most of the games have about seven different locations, including the classroom. There is always some goal for the user in each one. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Specialty Expressions: merchandise
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| DELIVERER, MERCHANDISE | Occupations | Delivers merchandise from retail store to customers on foot, bicycle, or public conveyance: Unpacks incoming merchandise, marks prices on articles, and stacks them on counters and shelves [STOCK CLERK (retail trade) 299.367-014]. Walks, rides bicycle, or uses public conveyances to deliver merchandise to customer's home or place of business. Collects money from customers or signature from charge-account customers. Sweeps floors, runs errands, and waits on customers [SALES CLERK (retail trade) 290.477-014]. May drive light truck to deliver orders. May be designated according to merchandise delivered as Deliverer, Food (retail trade); Deliverer, Pharmacy (retail trade). (references) | |
| Director, merchandise | Occupations | Formulates merchandising policies and coordinates merchandising activities in wholesale or retail establishment: Determines mark-up and mark-down percentages necessary to ensure profit, based on estimated budget, profit goals, and average rate of stock turnover. Determines amount of merchandise to be stocked and directs buyers in purchase of supplies for resale. Consults with other personnel to plan sales promotion programs. (references) | |
| DISPLAYER, MERCHANDISE | Occupations | Displays merchandise, such as clothes, accessories, and furniture, in windows, showcases, and on sales floor of retail store to attract attention of prospective customers: Originates display ideas or follows suggestions or schedule of MANAGER, DISPLAY (retail trade) and constructs or assembles prefabricated display properties from wood, fabric, glass, paper, and plastic, using handtools. Arranges properties, mannequins, furniture, merchandise, and backdrop according to prearranged plan or own ideas. Places price and descriptive signs on backdrop, fixtures, merchandise, or floor. May dress mannequins for use in displays and be designated Model Dresser (retail trade). May be designated according to area trimmed or decorated as Showcase Trimmer (retail trade); Window Dresser (retail trade). (references) | |
| Durable merchandise | Banking | Goods that have a relatively lengthy life (television sets, radios, etc.). (references) | |
| Hard line merchandise | Statistics | Any consumer goods which have an anticipated useful life and which are intended to be used over a period of time rather than immediately consumed. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Identical Merchandise | Economics | (USA) For U. S. Customs purposes of appraisement, identical merchandise means merchandise identical in all respect to and produced in the same country and by the same person as, the merchandise being appraised. (references) | |
| Identical Merchandise | Trade | The Department prefers to compare U.S. sales to sales of foreign sales of identical merchandise. Identical merchandise is merchandise that is produced by the same manufacturer in the same country as the subject merchandise, and which the Department determines is identical or virtually identical in physical characteristics with the subject merchandise, as imported into the United States. See Similar Merchandise and Foreign Like Product. (references) | |
| Inventory of merchandise | Engineering & Technology | One of the largest assets of a retail store or of a wholesale business is the --. It consists of all goods owned and held for sale in the regular course of business. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| MERCHANDISE DISTRIBUTOR | Occupations | Compiles reports of stock on hand and kind and amount sold: Dispatches inventory data to units of retail chain. Routes merchandise from one branch store to another on the basis of sales. Usually specializes in one type of merchandise, such as dresses, sportswear, or lingerie. May give directions to one or more workers. (references) | |
| Merchandise exports-constant 1987 US dollars | Statistics | Merchandise exports show the f. o. b. value of goods provided to the rest of the world valued in US dollars. Data are in constant 1987 US dollars. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Merchandise inventory | Engineering & Technology | The merchandise that a business has in stock is known as --. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Merchandise marker | Occupations | Marks and attaches price tickets to articles of merchandise to record price and identifying information: Marks selling price by hand on boxes containing merchandise, or on price tickets. Ties, glues, sews, or staples price ticket to each article. Presses lever or plunger of mechanism that pins, pastes, ties, or staples ticket to article. May record number and types of articles marked and pack them in boxes. May compare printed price tickets with entries on purchase order to verify accuracy and notify supervisor of discrepancies. May print information on tickets, using ticket-printing machine [TICKETER (any industry); TICKET PRINTER AND TAGGER (garment)]. (references) | |
| Merchandise Received | Trade | Involves merchandise received into activated FTZ (Foreign-Trade Zone) space under FTZ procedures by foreign-trade zones and subzones. It includes foreign status merchandise and domestic status merchandise. (references) | |
| Merchandise supervisor | Occupations | Coordinates activities of merchandise-servicing department of gas or electric appliance distributors: Supervises, trains, and assigns duties to workers engaged in servicing appliances, pricing, and disposition of returned merchandise and excess repair parts. Develops company policies and procedures regarding servicing of appliances and disposition of defective parts. Consults manufacturers to obtain advice on unusual service problems and to obtain service instructions and parts catalogs. May write instructions on care and use of appliances for distribution to public. (references) | |
| Release of Merchandise | Trade | The transfer with Customs permission of merchandise from carrier or warehouse proprietor to importer. . (references) | |
| Retailer of merchandise | Law | RETAILER OF MERCHANDISE. One who deals in merchandise by selling it in smaller quantities than he buys, generally with a view to profit. (references) | |
| Sales representative, general merchandise | Occupations | Sells variety of merchandise, such as dry goods, notions, and housewares, to retail stores or other outlets, performing duties as described under SALES REPRESENTATIVE (retail trade; wholesale tr.) Master Title. May assemble and stock product displays in retail stores. May obtain credit information on prospective customers and forward findings to home office. (references) | |
| Salesperson, general merchandise | Occupations | Sells variety of commodities in sales establishment, performing duties as described under SALESPERSON (retail trade; wholesale tr.) Master Title. May demonstrate use of merchandise. May examine defective article returned by customer to determine if refund or replacement should be made. May estimate quantity of merchandise required to fill customer's need. (references) | |
| Shopworn merchandise | Economics | Shopworn: faded, soiled, or otherwise impaired by remaining too long on display in a store. (Sell -- at a sizeable discount). Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Similar Merchandise | Trade | For market economy cases, in deciding which sales of the foreign like product to compare to sales of the subject merchandise, the Department first seeks to compare sales of identical merchandise. If there are no sales of the identical foreign like product, the Department will compare sales of the foreign like product similar to the subject merchandise. The similar foreign like product is merchandise that is produced by the same manufacturer in the same country as the subject merchandise, and which, in order of preference, is either 1) similar to the subject merchandise in component materials, use, and value, or 2) similar in use to, and reasonably comparable to, the subject merchandise. See Identical Merchandise and Foreign Like Product. (references) | |
| Subject Merchandise | Trade | Subject merchandise is the merchandise under investigation, i.e., the merchandise described in Appendix III to the questionnaire, and sold in, or to, the United States. (references) | |
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