Meaning of "merchant" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MERCHANT

From Old French, probably from Vulgar Latin mercātāre (unattested), from Latin mercārī to trade, from merx goods, wares.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF MERCHANT

merchant  [ˈmɜːtʃənt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MERCHANT

Merchant is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb merchant in English.

WHAT DOES MERCHANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Merchant

A merchant is a businessperson who trades in commodities produced by others, in order to earn a profit. The status of the merchant has varied during different periods of history and amongst different societies. Merchants have often been the subject of works of art.

Definition of merchant in the English dictionary

The first definition of merchant in the dictionary is a person engaged in the purchase and sale of commodities for profit, esp on international markets; trader. Other definition of merchant is a person engaged in retail trade. Merchant is also any trader.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MERCHANT

PRESENT

Present

I merchant

you merchant

he/she/it merchants

we merchant

you merchant

they merchant

Present continuous

I am merchanting

you are merchanting

he/she/it is merchanting

we are merchanting

you are merchanting

they are merchanting

Present perfect

I have merchanted

you have merchanted

he/she/it has merchanted

we have merchanted

you have merchanted

they have merchanted

Present perfect continuous

I have been merchanting

you have been merchanting

he/she/it has been merchanting

we have been merchanting

you have been merchanting

they have been merchanting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I merchanted

you merchanted

he/she/it merchanted

we merchanted

you merchanted

they merchanted

Past continuous

I was merchanting

you were merchanting

he/she/it was merchanting

we were merchanting

you were merchanting

they were merchanting

Past perfect

I had merchanted

you had merchanted

he/she/it had merchanted

we had merchanted

you had merchanted

they had merchanted

Past perfect continuous

I had been merchanting

you had been merchanting

he/she/it had been merchanting

we had been merchanting

you had been merchanting

they had been merchanting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will merchant

you will merchant

he/she/it will merchant

we will merchant

you will merchant

they will merchant

Future continuous

I will be merchanting

you will be merchanting

he/she/it will be merchanting

we will be merchanting

you will be merchanting

they will be merchanting

Future perfect

I will have merchanted

you will have merchanted

he/she/it will have merchanted

we will have merchanted

you will have merchanted

they will have merchanted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been merchanting

you will have been merchanting

he/she/it will have been merchanting

we will have been merchanting

you will have been merchanting

they will have been merchanting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would merchant

you would merchant

he/she/it would merchant

we would merchant

you would merchant

they would merchant

Conditional continuous

I would be merchanting

you would be merchanting

he/she/it would be merchanting

we would be merchanting

you would be merchanting

they would be merchanting

Conditional perfect

I would have merchant

you would have merchant

he/she/it would have merchant

we would have merchant

you would have merchant

they would have merchant

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been merchanting

you would have been merchanting

he/she/it would have been merchanting

we would have been merchanting

you would have been merchanting

they would have been merchanting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you merchant
we let´s merchant
you merchant

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to merchant

Past participle

merchanted

Present Participle

merchanting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «MERCHANT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «merchant» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of merchant

broker · dealer · retailer · salesman · seller · shopkeeper · supplier · trader · tradesman · trafficker · vendor · wholesaler

TRANSLATION OF MERCHANT

Find out the translation of merchant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of merchant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «merchant» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 商人
• Translator English - Spanish: comerciante
• English: merchant
• Translator English - Hindi: व्यापारी
• Translator English - Arabic: التاجر
• Translator English - Russian: купец
• Translator English - Portuguese: comerciante
• Translator English - Bengali: বণিক
• Translator English - French: négociant
• Translator English - Malay: Pedagang
• Translator English - German: Kaufmann
• Translator English - Japanese: 貿易業者
• Translator English - Korean: 무역상인
• Translator English - Javanese: Merchant
• Translator English - Vietnamese: thương gia
• Translator English - Tamil: வணிகர்
• Translator English - Marathi: व्यापारी
• Translator English - Turkish: tüccar
• Translator English - Italian: commerciante
• Translator English - Polish: sklep
• Translator English - Ukrainian: купець
• Translator English - Romanian: comerciant
• Translator English - Greek: έμπορος
• Translator English - Afrikaans: handelaar
• Translator English - Swedish: köpman
• Translator English - Norwegian: kjøpmann

10 QUOTES WITH «MERCHANT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word merchant.

1

Julien Benda

The man of science, the artist, the philosopher are attached to their nations as much as the day-laborer and the merchant.

2

Millard Drexler

A merchant is someone who figures out how to select, how to smell, how to identify, how to feel, how to time, how to buy, how to sell, and how to hopefully have two plus two equal six.

3

Millard Drexler

I consider a merchant someone who has a certain intuition and instinct, and - very important - knows how to run a business, knows the numbers.

4

Arthur Erickson

The great dream merchant Disney was a success because make-believe was what everyone seemed to need in a spiritually empty land.

5

Damian Lewis

You know, this idea of going around the world imposing democracy by growing a middle-class, a trading merchant class that is independent of your faith, is a good notion, but we're all partially different - it's no good imposing systems on people that it doesn't suit.

6

Joseph C. Lincoln

But very unfortunately the merchant marine died away till even the majority of fishing done about the Cape is in the hands of the Portuguese who emigrated to the Cape some fifty years ago.

7

James MacArthur

Walt Disney was not a merchant of sadness.

8

Ann Macbeth

The British needlewoman follows blindly where the merchant leads.

9

James Cash Penney

There's no better friend to any merchant than a fair competitor.

10

James Cash Penney

A merchant who approaches business with the idea of serving the public well has nothing to fear from the competition.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MERCHANT»

Discover the use of merchant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to merchant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who ...

This is an important book about a hidden world of gunrunning and profiteering in some of the world's poorest countries." —Steve Coll, author of Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet ...

Douglas Farah, Stephen Braun, 2010

The Merchant of Venice

Reach today's adolescents with the universal message of great literature! This series features classic shakespeare retold with graphic color illustrations. Educators using the Dale-Chall vocabulary system adapted each title.

William Shakespeare, 2006

The Legend of the Monk and the Merchant: Principles for ...

Woven through the story are 12 principles of success including: Work Hard and God will Prosper You Be Meek Before God, but Bold Before Men Live Debt-Free and Below Your Means Set Aside the First 10% to Honor God The Legend of the Monk and ...

Terry Felber, 2005

Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seamen

This publication is intended primarily for merchant seamen on UK registered vessels, and addressed to all ship personnel, regardless of rank or rating.

‎2004

How to Survive and Thrive in the Merchant Services Industry

How to guide on the Merchant Services industry. Indepth sales and marketing techniques to help outside sales people, ISOs, Financial Institutions gain success.

‎2003

William Shakespeare: 'The Merchant of Venice'

This book offers a pedagogical analysis of Shakespeare’s complex and controversial play in its Elizabethan and modern contexts.

Boika Sokolova, 2009

Blood Relations: Christian and Jew in the Merchant of Venice

In Blood Relations' Janet Adelman confronts her resistance to The Merchant of Venice as both a critic and a Jew.

Janet Adelman, 2010

The Merchant of Death

Bobby Pendragon is a seemingly normal fourteen-year-old boy.

D.J. MacHale, 2002

The Merchant Class of Medieval London, 1300-1500

A social history of the merchant class of 14th- and 15th-century London

‎1989

The Merchant of Venice: New Critical Essays

This book examines the literary, religious, and political aspects of the radical movements and various sects of the English Civil War.

John W. Mahon, Ellen Macleod Mahon, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MERCHANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term merchant is used in the context of the following news items.

Atlantic Merchant Capital and La Ragazza and Associates make …

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Metalico sees sale to Total Merchant in Sept. | American Metal Market

To access AMM's full content, please log in below. If you do not have an AMM account, we invite you to take a free trial or subscribe below. «American Metal Market, Jul 15»

UPS Expands Billing Options with Staples Partnership …

When Digital River takes on the role of Merchant of Record, your company no longer needs to create its own local... Insights Into Global ... «Multichannel Merchant, Jul 15»

Cloth merchant found dead - The Hindu

A cloth merchant's body was found in a highly decomposed state in a room on the terrace of his house in Amarjyothi Layout, Vijaynagar, ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»

William Rothbard - Identifies Issues Affecting Merchant Processors …

The more specific and numeric a claim of weight reduction, the greater the FTC risk to the merchant and, in turn, to the processor. "Disease ... «SYS-CON Media, Jul 15»

Former Merchant Hotel bar manager's New York spot The Dead …

The former bar manager of Belfast's Merchant Hotel has scooped the title of World's Best Bar for his popular New York spot. Sean Muldoon ... «Belfast Live, Jul 15»

Gap Teams Up with Birchbox | Multichannel Merchant

Gap is teaming up with Birchbox, by incorporating Birchbox counters in several Gap stores in major cities throughout the U.S. for a limited time ... «Multichannel Merchant, Jul 15»

Form 4 LEGG MASON, INC. For: Jul 17 Filed by: Merchant Thomas C

Form 4 LEGG MASON, INC. For: Jul 17 Filed by: Merchant Thomas C. Article Stock Quotes (1) Comments (0). July 21, 2015 1:32 PM EDT ... «StreetInsider.com, Jul 15»

Merchant Acquirers Think the EMV Migration Is a Big Joke …

Card issuers, to be sure, are moving in lock-step with the payment networks' collective migration roadmap that incentivizes EMV adoption by ... «PaymentsSource, Jul 15»

Six Most Common Merchant Pitfalls Revealed in New Chargebacks …

Global Risk Technologies, a leading technology company specialising in chargeback compliance, has released a new Chargeback Playbook ... «Forbes, Jul 15»