as in traders
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 merchants
Working with Shopify allows ESW to deliver a strong global e-commerce solution to enterprise merchants, Eichmann said.
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Sharon Edelson, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
While education is key, McCall believes that responsibility should also extend to merchants.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Around that same time, English merchants began offering Caribbean rum to the Shawnee and other Native groups as part of the trade in deerskins and beaver pelts.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 30 Aug. 2025
But given the confusion foreign postal services, private shipping companies and merchants have expressed about the new duties, some delays and other hiccups may be inevitable.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
That's how this scales—not by turning stablecoins into banks, but by giving merchants tools to bypass banks altogether.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
Founded in 2005, the food delivery and takeout platform partners with 675,000 merchants in 26 countries.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2025
That expansion comes despite trends favoring online book merchants like Amazon, e-book streaming sites like Audible or independent booksellers like Miami’s Books & Books that serve locals with events catering to the community like the annual Miami Book Fair.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2025
Finally, for app and website payments, Samsung leverages Visa Checkout, which is compatible with more than 350,000 merchants.
—PCMAG, 20 Mar. 2025
Sharon Edelson, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
While education is key, McCall believes that responsibility should also extend to merchants.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Around that same time, English merchants began offering Caribbean rum to the Shawnee and other Native groups as part of the trade in deerskins and beaver pelts.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 30 Aug. 2025
But given the confusion foreign postal services, private shipping companies and merchants have expressed about the new duties, some delays and other hiccups may be inevitable.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
That's how this scales—not by turning stablecoins into banks, but by giving merchants tools to bypass banks altogether.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
Founded in 2005, the food delivery and takeout platform partners with 675,000 merchants in 26 countries.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2025
That expansion comes despite trends favoring online book merchants like Amazon, e-book streaming sites like Audible or independent booksellers like Miami’s Books & Books that serve locals with events catering to the community like the annual Miami Book Fair.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2025
Finally, for app and website payments, Samsung leverages Visa Checkout, which is compatible with more than 350,000 merchants.
—PCMAG, 20 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for merchants
Noun
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Palantir was working with federal prosecutors and the SEC to catch insider traders by finding unusual patterns in trading data that humans missed.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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The yield on the 10-year Treasury note sank to a five-month low after the release as traders priced in multiple interest rate cuts before year-end.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This fall, Ram dealers will be as popular as the house passing out full-size Snickers on Halloween.—
Mark Phelan,
Freep.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Some occupations, like food servers and casino dealers, were completely expected, while others, like roofers and HVAC installers, were not.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Merchants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/merchants. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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