Definition of merchant Merchant

/mɚˈʧʌnt/ - [merchunt] - mer•chant

We found 13 definitions of merchant from 6 different sources.

What does merchant mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: merchants
merchant - a businessperson engaged in retail trade
		merchandiser
		businessperson, bourgeois a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise
		baker someone who bakes bread or cake
		book seller, bookdealer a dealer in books; a merchant who sells books
		meatman, butcher a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
		clothier, haberdasher a merchant who sells men's clothing
		grain merchant a merchant who deals in food grains
		grocer a retail merchant who sells foodstuffs (and some household supplies)
		hatmaker, hatter, milliner, modiste someone who makes and sells hats
		jeweler, jeweller someone in the business of selling jewelry
		poulterer, poultryman a dealer in poultry and poultry products
		retail merchant, retailer a merchant who sells goods at retail
		rug merchant a merchant who sells rugs
		salt merchant, salter someone who makes or deals in salt
		schlockmeister, shlockmeister (slang) a merchant who deals in shoddy or inferior merchandise
		marketer, seller, trafficker, vender, vendor someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money
		market keeper, shopkeeper, storekeeper, tradesman a merchant who owns or manages a shop
		stationer, stationery seller a merchant who sells writing materials and office supplies
		monger, trader, bargainer, dealer someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
		merchant-venturer, venturer a merchant who undertakes a trading venture (especially a venture that sends goods overseas)
		wine merchant, vintner someone who makes wine

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Wiktionary

merchant (Noun)
A person who traffics in commodities for profit.
merchant (Noun)
The owner or operator of a retail business.
merchant (Noun)
A trading vessel; a merchantman.
merchant (Verb)
As a resident of a region, to buy goods from a non-resident and sell them to another non-resident.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

merchant (n.)
One who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; a trafficker; a trader.
merchant (n.)
A trading vessel; a merchantman.
merchant (n.)
One who keeps a store or shop for the sale of goods; a shopkeeper.
merchant (a.)
Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as, the merchant service.
merchant (v. i.)
To be a merchant; to trade.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

merchant
A businessperson engaged in trade.

Wikipedia

Merchants deal with trade. That means they deal goods that they do not produce themselves, in order to get profit.

In the US, "merchant" is any person while engaged in a business or profession or a seller who deals regularly in the type of goods sold. Under the common law in the United States, merchants are held to a higher standard in the selling of products than those who are not engaged in the sale of goods as a profession. For example, when a merchant sells something, he or she is expected to give a warranty, guaranteeing that the product is fit to be sold, even if there is nothing in writing to this effect.