merchandise
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
merchandise
▶noun /ˈməːtʃ(ə)ndʌɪs, -z/ goods for sale.
■ products used to promote a film, pop group, etc.
▶verb /ˈməːtʃ(ə)ndʌɪz/ (also merchandize) promote the sale of (goods).■ advertise or publicize (an idea or person).
– derivatives
merchandisable adjective,
merchandiser noun,
merchandising noun.
merchandisable adjective,
merchandiser noun,
merchandising noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. marchandise, from marchand ‘merchant’.
'merchandise' also found in these Oxford entries:
big box
- bill of goods
- carriage
- commerce
- dime store
- goods
- irregular
- keister
- merchant
- merchantman
- regular
- shift
- tawdry
