as in trader
a buyer and seller of goods for profit
free trade agreements that are favored by merchants on both sides of the border
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Recent Examples of merchant
Among them were doctors, teachers, merchants, clergymen, sailors and skilled artisans.
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Jeremy Mennis, The Conversation, 1 May 2026
The company said its checkout solutions and PayPal business will combine PayPal’s consumer and merchant ecosystems under a unified strategy.
—Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 30 Apr. 2026
Mapping the unseen world The wreck is believed to be a merchant vessel that once carried ceramics and metal cargo across Mediterranean trade routes.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Apr. 2026
There is now a backlog of nearly 19,000 merchant mariner credentials – representing roughly 10% of the entire workforce – along with roughly 5,000 medical certifications.
—Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
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Jeremy Mennis, The Conversation, 1 May 2026
The company said its checkout solutions and PayPal business will combine PayPal’s consumer and merchant ecosystems under a unified strategy.
—Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 30 Apr. 2026
Mapping the unseen world The wreck is believed to be a merchant vessel that once carried ceramics and metal cargo across Mediterranean trade routes.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Apr. 2026
There is now a backlog of nearly 19,000 merchant mariner credentials – representing roughly 10% of the entire workforce – along with roughly 5,000 medical certifications.
—Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for merchant
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Companies with agricultural supply chains — from food and beverage manufacturers to commodity traders, insurers, and logistics firms — absorb fertilizer shocks through input costs, contract failures, and sovereign credit risk in key sourcing markets.—
Carlos Alvarado Quesada,
Fortune,
27 Apr. 2026
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Polymarket traders have even reported that Nate has a 52% chance of dying in Euphoria Season 3.—
Allison DeGrushe,
StyleCaster,
27 Apr. 2026
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Heppner’s father, an art dealer who had served in the Imperial German Army during World War I, died in 1945, when Heppner was 11.—
Lois K. Solomon,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2026
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CarEdge offers tools for buying cars, such as invoice pricing and dealer quotes, buying guides, value ratings, insurance estimations and more.—
Danny Smith,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Merchant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/merchant. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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