merchandise

/ˈmɜːtʃənˌdaɪs/

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noun

1. Commodities offered for sale.
   "good business depends on having good merchandise"
2. A commodity offered for sale; an article of commerce; a kind of merchandise.
3. The act or business of trading; trade; traffic.

Similar: product, wares

verb

1. To engage in trade; to carry on commerce.
2. To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of goods, as by display and arrangement of goods.
   "He started his career merchandising in a small clothing store chain."
3. To engage in the trade of.
4. To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of.
   "He got hired to merchandise some new sporting goods lines."