Thesaurus results for MERCHANT

merchant

noun

ˈmər-chənt

Definition of merchant

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 On Tuesday, arsonists set ablaze at least three vehicles, including a taxi and a public bus, and armed men threatened merchants in broad daylight, plunging the city into fear. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026 On the other will be e-commerce enablers like Shopify, whose primary relationship is with merchants, and which makes money from licensing storefront software, fulfillment services, and financing. — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026 FedNow and Bitcoin merchant payments operate through different systems and serve different purposes, so their transaction figures do not provide a basis for direct comparison. — Karen Koehler, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026 Founded in 1859, Kimmswick was once a bustling river port and a popular steamboat stop, and was also home to immigrants, craftspeople, entrepreneurs, and merchants. — Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for merchant

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Noun

Wall Street traders now see close to a coin flip’s chance that the Fed could raise rates twice more by the end of the year, according to data from the CME Group.

— Alex Veiga, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
By writing an out-of-the-money call and an out-of-the-money put for late October, traders can harvest the elevated premium as time value rapidly decays.

— Michael Khouw, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of trader

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The house’s provenance indicates that the painting was acquired by Paris dealer Paul Rosenberg by 1937 and subsequently by London dealer Edward Le Bas by 1939.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Federal authorities probing her death are focusing their investigation in Los Angeles and are looking into whether the actor procured nonprescription pills from an area dealer.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026