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
In their place is the attention economy, a dystopian marketplace of slop merchants, brain-rot peddlers, AI scrapyards, and extortionate big-box streaming services with junk on the shelves, all haggling for your time and money.
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
Affirm, PayPal, Afterpay—everyone is targeting the same merchants and users.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Through conversations with merchants, Confirmo and other stablecoin payment platforms soon learned to move the blockchain to the background.
—Anna Strebl, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Its deep, sheltered bay drew merchants and sailors from Europe and North Africa, fostering an exchange of cultures that is reflected in the city’s soaring Gothic spires, Moorish patios, and Renaissance-era ramparts.
—Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
Since then, Klarna has expanded to hundreds of thousands of merchants and embedded itself in internet browsers and digital wallets as an alternative to credit cards.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 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
Founded in 2005, the food delivery and takeout platform partners with 675,000 merchants in 26 countries.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2025
Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
Affirm, PayPal, Afterpay—everyone is targeting the same merchants and users.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Through conversations with merchants, Confirmo and other stablecoin payment platforms soon learned to move the blockchain to the background.
—Anna Strebl, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Its deep, sheltered bay drew merchants and sailors from Europe and North Africa, fostering an exchange of cultures that is reflected in the city’s soaring Gothic spires, Moorish patios, and Renaissance-era ramparts.
—Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
Since then, Klarna has expanded to hundreds of thousands of merchants and embedded itself in internet browsers and digital wallets as an alternative to credit cards.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 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
Founded in 2005, the food delivery and takeout platform partners with 675,000 merchants in 26 countries.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for merchants
Noun
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The program partners with waste pickers, sorters and traders who comb landfills and other waste collection facilities for recyclable materials.—
Jennifer Bringle,
Sourcing Journal,
12 Sep. 2025
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And if the Fed ends up cutting fewer times than traders expect, including three this year, the market could retreat in disappointment.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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Tavares notably maintained a fraught relationship with dealers.—
Liam Rappleye,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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In June, the Denver City Council passed an ordinance forbidding scrap metal recycling dealers from paying cash for certain materials that include copper, bronze, brass and aluminum.—
John Aguilar,
Denver Post,
12 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Merchants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/merchants. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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