Meaning

5 senses
  1. (intransitive)To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of goods, as by display and arrangement of goods.

    He started his career merchandising in a small clothing store chain.

  2. (transitive)To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of.

    He got hired to merchandise some new sporting goods lines.

  3. (transitive)To promote as if for sale.

    The record companies don't get as good a return on merchandising artists under contract.

  4. (archaic, intransitive)To engage in trade; to carry on commerce.

    engage in the trade of

  5. (archaic, transitive)To engage in the trade of.

Examples

48 sentences
  1. I saw somebody steal the merchandise.

    ruЯ видел, как кто-то воровал товар.

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  2. Don't handle the merchandise.

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  3. Please don't touch the merchandise.

    ruПожалуйста, не трогайте товары.

    deBitte fassen Sie die Ware nicht an.

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  4. No merchandise can be returned.

    ruВсе товары возврату не подлежат.

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  5. Please send the merchandise by return.

    ruПожалуйста, отправьте товары как можно быстрее.

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Origin

From Middle English marchaundisen (“to engage in commerce, traffic”), from marchaundise (n

From Middle English marchaundisen (“to engage in commerce, traffic”), from marchaundise (noun) (see etymology 1) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive of verbs).

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Forms

merchandises, merchandising, merchandised, merchandised
Base formmerchandise · to merchandise
3rd person singularmerchandises
Present participlemerchandising
Past simplemerchandised
Past participlemerchandised

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymerchandise
he, she, itmerchandises

Past simpleLesson

all personsmerchandised

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave merchandised
he, she, ithas merchandised

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill merchandise

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • engage in the trade of:trade

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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