merchants (noun)
31wherry — noun a) A light embarcation used to navigate inland waterways. Here I used to enjoy myself in playing about the bridge stairs, and often in the watermens wherries, with other boys. On one of these occasions there was another boy with me in a… …
32commerce — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ foreign, global, international ▪ domestic, interstate (AmE) ▪ electronic, Internet, online …
33Lloyd's — noun 1》 an incorporated society of insurance underwriters in London, made up of private syndicates. 2》 short for Lloyd s Register. Origin named after the coffee house of Edward Lloyd (fl. 1688–1726), in which underwriters and merchants… …
34pettifogger — noun archaic an inferior legal practitioner. Origin C16: from petty + obs. fogger underhand dealer , prob. from Fugger, the name of a family of merchants in Augsburg in the 15th and 16th cents …
35scavenger — noun 1》 a person or animal that scavenges. 2》 Chemistry a substance that reacts with and removes particular molecules, radicals, etc. Origin C16: from Anglo Norman Fr. scawager, from Old North. Fr. escauwer inspect ; the term orig. denoted an… …
36detriment — noun local merchants fear the detriment to business that one of these superstores could bring about Syn: harm, damage, injury, hurt, impairment, loss, disadvantage, disservice, mischief Ant: benefit …
37iniquity — noun 1) many runaways become the pawns of these merchants of iniquity Syn: wickedness, sinfulness, immorality, impropriety; vice, evil, sin; villainy, criminality; odiousness, atrocity, egregiousness; outrage, monstrosity, obscenity,… …
38Lloyd's Register of Shipping — noun 1. an independent society of shipowners, merchants and underwriters, who supervise the construction of ships, and survey them during their use. 2. an annual register, issued by the society, containing particulars of all known seagoing… …
39charge — Noun: An obligation or indebtedness to be paid, as a charge for merchandise or services. Merchants Exchange Nat. Bank v Commercial Warehouse Co. 49 NY 635, 639; a form under which interest taken in advance. 55 Am J1st Supp Usury § 41; Houchard v… …
40delinquent — Noun: A person failing in duty; a person offending by neglect of duty. Peoples Sav. Bank v Retail Merchants Mut. Fire Ins. Co. 146 Iowa 536, 123 NW 198; a person whose acts do not measure up to the proper standard of conduct expected of civilized …
