merchandise

B2 Topic:General Vocabulary

Also spelled merchandize

US /ˈmɝ.t͡ʃənˌdaɪs/ UK /ˈmɜː.t͡ʃənˌdaɪs/ See IPA manual

Freq #8240

Meanings

1

noun
Goods that are offered for sale.

Good business depends on having good merchandise.
2

noun
Branded products linked to a band, team, film, or company, often shortened to merch.

Fans lined up to buy band merchandise after the concert.
3

verb
To promote and arrange goods attractively in a store to encourage sales.

He started his career merchandising clothes in a small shop.

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Synonyms

1 noun · goods that are offered for... product ware

More merch wares

Word family

Forms merchandisedmerchandisesmerchandising

Derived forms merchmerchandisabilitymerchandisableremerchandise

Related forms mercantile merchant merchantable

Etymology

From Middle English marchaundise (“commerce, trading; buying; business transaction, deal; merchandise, goods, wares; possessions”), from Anglo-Norman marchaundise and Old French marcheandise (modern French marchandise), from Old French marcheant (“seller, vendor”) (ultimately from Latin mercātus (“buying and selling, trade, traffic; market; marketplace”), possibly originally Etruscan) + -ise (suffix forming feminine nouns, often denoting a quality or state). The English word is analysable as merchant + -ise.

marchaundise Middle English marcheandise Old French marcheant Old French mercātus Latin

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General Vocabulary

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# merchandise

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈmɝ.t͡ʃənˌdaɪs/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈmɜː.t͡ʃənˌdaɪs/
**Frequency rank:** 8240

## Meanings
1. Goods that are offered for sale.
2. Branded products linked to a band, team, film, or company, often shortened to merch.
3. To promote and arrange goods attractively in a store to encourage sales.

## Examples
- Good business depends on having good merchandise.
- Fans lined up to buy band merchandise after the concert.
- He started his career merchandising clothes in a small shop.

## Synonyms
- merch
- product
- wares

## Derived Forms
- merch
- merchandisability
- merchandisable
- remerchandise

## Related Forms
- mercantile
- merchant
- merchantable

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: marchaundise
- Root: marcheandise
- Root: marcheant
- Root: mercātus

## Etymology
From Middle English marchaundise (“commerce, trading; buying; business transaction, deal; merchandise, goods, wares; possessions”), from Anglo-Norman marchaundise and Old French marcheandise (modern French marchandise), from Old French marcheant (“seller, vendor”) (ultimately from Latin mercātus (“buying and selling, trade, traffic; market; marketplace”), possibly originally Etruscan) + -ise (suffix forming feminine nouns, often denoting a quality or state). The English word is analysable as merchant + -ise.

## AI Etymology
Merchandise comes from Middle English marchaundise (“commerce, trading; buying; business transaction, deal; merchandise, goods, wares; possessions”), from Anglo-Norman marchaundise and Old French marcheandise (modern French marchandise), from Old French marcheant (“seller, vendor”) (ultimately from Latin mercātus (“buying and selling, trade, traffic; market; marketplace”), possibly originally Etruscan) + -ise (suffix forming feminine nouns, often denoting a quality or state). The English word is analysable as merchant + -ise. In present-day English its meanings include goods that are offered for sale, branded products linked to a band, team, film, or company, often shortened to merch, and to promote and arrange goods attractively in a store to encourage sales.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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