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Merchandise

The objects of commerce; whatever is usually bought or sold in trade, or market, or by merchants; wares; goods; commodities.

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Broader term 6

Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Commodity 76% connected

Convenience; accommodation; profit; benefit; advantage; interest; commodiousness.

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Good 76% connected

Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; ad…

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Product 76% connected

Anything that is produced, whether as the result of generation, growth, labor, or thought, or by the operation of involuntary causes; as, the product…

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Ware 76% connected

Wore.

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Manner of action 6

Arbitrage 76% connected

Judgment by an arbiter; authoritative determination.

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Export 76% connected

To carry away; to remove.

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Import 76% connected

To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without; especially, to bring (wares or merchandise) into a place or country from a foreign country, in th…

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Market 76% connected

A meeting together of people, at a stated time and place, for the purpose of traffic (as in cattle, provisions, wares, etc.) by private purchase and…

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Run 76% connected

of Run

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Traffic 76% connected

To pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money; to buy or sell goods; to barter; to trade.

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Cargo 76% connected

The lading or freight of a ship or other vessel; the goods, merchandise, or whatever is conveyed in a vessel or boat; load; freight.

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Consignment 76% connected

The act of consigning; consignation.

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Contraband 76% connected

Illegal or prohibited traffic.

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Feature 76% connected

The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance.

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Freight 76% connected

That with which anything in fraught or laden for transportation; lading; cargo, especially of a ship, or a car on a railroad, etc.; as, a freight of…

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Generic 76% connected

Alt. of Generical

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Inventory 76% connected

An account, catalogue, or schedule, made by an executor or administrator, of all the goods and chattels, and sometimes of the real estate, of a decea…

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Ironmongery 76% connected

Hardware; a general name for all articles made of iron.

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Irregular 76% connected

Not regular; not conforming to a law, method, or usage recognized as the general rule; not according to common form; not conformable to nature, to th…

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Lading 76% connected

of Lade

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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Load 76% connected

A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load.

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Loading 76% connected

of Load

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Number 76% connected

That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage m…

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Refill 76% connected

To fill, or become full, again.

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Release 76% connected

To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

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Second 76% connected

Immediately following the first; next to the first in order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another; other.

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Shipment 76% connected

The act or process of shipping; as, he was engaged in the shipment of coal for London; an active shipment of wheat from the West.

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Stock 76% connected

The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk.

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Derivationally related 4

Monger 74% connected

A trader; a dealer; -- now used chiefly in composition; as, fishmonger, ironmonger, newsmonger.

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Monger 74% connected

A trader; a dealer; -- now used chiefly in composition; as, fishmonger, ironmonger, newsmonger.

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Trade 74% connected

A track; a trail; a way; a path; also, passage; travel; resort.

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Trade 74% connected

A track; a trail; a way; a path; also, passage; travel; resort.

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Entails 3

Buy 72% connected

To acquire the ownership of (property) by giving an accepted price or consideration therefor, or by agreeing to do so; to acquire by the payment of a…

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Purchase 72% connected

To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.

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Sell 72% connected

Self.

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Containing whole 1

Outlet 70% connected

The place or opening by which anything is let out; a passage out; an exit; a vent.

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See also 2

Deal 66% connected

A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

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Deal 66% connected

A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

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Synonym 4

Merchandising 92% connected

of Merchandise

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Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Product 92% connected

Anything that is produced, whether as the result of generation, growth, labor, or thought, or by the operation of involuntary causes; as, the product…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Trade 92% connected

A track; a trail; a way; a path; also, passage; travel; resort.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ware 92% connected

Wore.

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