Thesaurus results for MERCHANT

merchant

noun

ˈmər-chənt

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 Factors, a term for merchants, brought samples to the exchange. —

Jim Halley, AJC.com, 27 Jan. 2026 In 1802, seventeen-year-old Thomas De Quincey, the son of a wealthy merchant, ran away from his Manchester boarding school. —

Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026 Power generation, though, is a competitive business in which merchant generation companies build and operate power plants at investor risk. —

David S. Lapp, Baltimore Sun, 26 Jan. 2026 Mass merchants, department and convenience stores would make up some of the shortfall, with consumers stocking up ahead of the storm on essentials like food, water and batteries, along with melting salt, shovels, coats and winter accessories. —

David Moin, Footwear News, 26 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for merchant

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Even the oldest maxim about cab drivers and bell hops giving share prices was tested by relating an anecdote about comments in his village pub from locals and complete strangers firing questions at him and a fellow gold trader about the gold price.

— Tim Treadgold, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Online prediction markets also gained attention earlier this month, when an anonymous trader earned more than $463,000 by accurately predicting that Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro would be captured.

— Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026