merchandise
noun · verb
Simple meaning
Goods which are or were offered or intended for sale.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
murchuhndyzSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈmɝtʃəndaɪz
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
uncountable
Goods which are or were offered or intended for sale.
uncountable
Commercial goods connected (branded) with an entity such as a team, band, company, charity, work of fiction, festival, or meme. (Commonly shortened to merch.)
verb
intransitive
To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of goods, as by display and arrangement of goods.
transitive
To promote as if for sale.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A2 · Elementary (estimated)
- Frequency
- Common
- Typical Use
- General English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: Goods which are or were offered or intended for sale.
Used this way, merchandise is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
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- “Good business depends on having good merchandise.”noun
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Common Patterns and Combinations
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Word Family
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Inflected forms
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The exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money.
A businessperson engaged in retail trade.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
A particular kind of product or merchandise.
Related Words
Connected to the same idea, not synonyms.
- storenoun
- warehousenoun
- retailernoun
- salesnoun
- merchandisingnoun
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