merchandise
Goods which are or were offered or intended for sale.
Example
“Good business depends on having good merchandise.”
Other meanings
Commercial goods connected (branded) with an entity such as a team, band, company, charity, work of fiction, festival, or meme. Commonly shortened to .
A commodity offered for sale; an article of commerce; a kind of merchandise.
Synonyms
- ware
- product
A kind of
- commodity
Kinds of merchandise
- cargo
- feature
- generic
- irregular
- line
- number
- refill
- release
Word history
From Latin "mercātus" (buying and selling, trade, traffic; market; marketplace).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “merchandise” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.