merchant 音标拼音: [m'ɚtʃənt]
n . 商人,店主
a . 商业的,商人的
商人,店主商业的,商人的
merchant n 1 :
a businessperson engaged in retail trade [
synonym : {
merchant },
{
merchandiser }]
Merchant \
Mer "
chant \,
a .
Of ,
pertaining to ,
or employed in ,
trade or merchandise ;
as ,
the merchant service .
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{
Merchant bar }, {
Merchant iron }
or {
Merchant steel },
certain common sizes of wrought iron and steel bars .
{
Merchant service or Merchant marine },
the mercantile marine of a country . --
Am .
Cyc .
{
Merchant ship },
a ship employed in commerce .
{
Merchant tailor },
a tailor who keeps and sells materials for the garments which he makes .
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Merchant \
Mer "
chant \,
v .
i .
To be a merchant ;
to trade . [
Obs .]
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Merchant \
Mer "
chant \,
n . [
OE .
marchant ,
OF .
marcheant ,
F .
marchand ,
fr .
LL .
mercatans , -
antis ,
p .
pr .
of mercatare to negotiate ,
L .
mercari to traffic ,
fr .
merx ,
mercis ,
wares .
See {
Market }, {
Merit },
and cf . {
Commerce }.]
1 .
One who traffics on a large scale ,
especially with foreign countries ;
a trafficker ;
a trader .
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Others ,
like merchants ,
venture trade abroad .
--
Shak .
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2 .
A trading vessel ;
a merchantman . [
Obs .] --
Shak .
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3 .
One who keeps a store or shop for the sale of goods ;
a shopkeeper . [
U .
S . &
Scot .]
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60 Moby Thesaurus words for "
merchant ":
agent ,
baron ,
broker ,
business ,
businessman ,
caterer ,
chandler ,
commercial ,
commissariat ,
commissary ,
dealer ,
distributor ,
donor ,
drummer ,
forwarder ,
furnisher ,
hawker ,
huckster ,
importer ,
industrial ,
industrialist ,
jobber ,
magnate ,
manciple ,
marketer ,
mercantile ,
merchandiser ,
merchant prince ,
middleman ,
mogul ,
monger ,
patron ,
provider ,
provisioner ,
purveyor ,
quartermaster ,
regrater ,
retail ,
retail dealer ,
retail merchant ,
retailer ,
seller ,
shopkeeper ,
steward ,
stock clerk ,
storekeeper ,
supplier ,
sutler ,
trade ,
trader ,
tradesman ,
tradeswoman ,
trading ,
trafficker ,
tycoon ,
vendor ,
victualer ,
vivandier ,
wholesale ,
wholesaler Merchant The Hebrew word so rendered is from a root meaning "
to travel about ," "
to migrate ,"
and hence "
a traveller ."
In the East ,
in ancient times ,
merchants travelled about with their merchandise from place to place (
Gen .
37 :
25 ;
Job 6 :
18 ),
and carried on their trade mainly by bartering (
Gen .
37 :
28 ;
39 :
1 ).
After the Hebrews became settled in Palestine they began to engage in commercial pursuits ,
which gradually expanded (
49 :
13 ;
Deut .
33 :
18 ;
Judg .
5 :
17 ),
till in the time of Solomon they are found in the chief marts of the world (
1 Kings 9 :
26 ;
10 :
11 ,
26 ,
28 ;
22 :
48 ;
2 Chr .
1 :
16 ;
9 :
10 ,
21 ).
After Solomon '
s time their trade with foreign nations began to decline .
After the Exile it again expanded into wider foreign relations ,
because now the Jews were scattered in many lands .
MERCHANT .
One whose business it is to buy and sell merchandise ;
this applies to all persons who habitually trade in merchandise .
1 Watts &
S .
469 ;
2 Salk .
445 .
2 .
In another sense ,
it signifies a person who owns ships ,
and trades ,
by means of them ,
with foreign nations ,
or with the different States of the United States ;
these are known by the name of shipping merchants .
Com .
Dig .
Merchant ,
A ;
Dyer ,
R .
279 b ;
Bac .
Ab .
h .
t .
3 .
According to an old authority ,
there are four species of merchants ,
namely ,
merchant adventurers ,
merchant dormant ,
merchant travellers ,
and merchant residents .
2 Brownl .
99 .
Vide ,
generally ,
9 Salk .
R .
445 ;
Bac .
Ab .
h .
t .;
Com .
Dig .
h .
t .;
1 Bl .
Com .
75 ,
260 ;
1 Pard .
Dr .
Com .
n .
78
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