merchants (noun)
51wholesaler — noun someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑jobber, ↑middleman • Derivationally related forms: ↑wholesale • Hypernyms: ↑distributor, ↑ …
52cloth hall — noun Etymology: translation of French halle aux draps : a building serving as a medieval exchange for the cloth merchants …
53customhouse broker — noun : an agent who acts for merchants in entering and clearing goods and vessels …
54dollar day — noun : a day on which the merchants of a locality make special offerings of goods and services for one dollar; broadly : a day on which bargain prices in many lines are offered * * * a sale day on which retail merchandise is reduced to a dollar… …
55god's penny — noun Usage: often capitalized G Etymology: Middle English godes peny : a penny or small sum paid as earnest money especially on concluding a purchase or hiring a servant among merchants the god s penny binds the contract of sale Frederick Pollock …
56mercantile paper — noun : notes, bills, and acceptances based on business activity compare commercial paper * * * mercantile paper, transferable paper, such as promissory notes given by merchants for merchandise purchased or drafts drawn against purchasers of… …
57merchant adventurer — noun (plural merchant adventurers or merchants adventurers) Etymology: Middle English marchaunt adventurer : a merchant who establishes foreign trading stations and carries on business ventures abroad; especially : a member of one of the former… …
58Iran — /i ran , i rahn , uy ran /, n. a republic in SW Asia. 67,540,002; ab. 635,000 sq. mi. (1,644,650 sq. km). Cap.: Teheran. Formerly (until 1935), Persia. * * * Iran Introduction Iran Background: Known as Persia until 1935, Iran became an Islamic… …
59merchant — mer‧chant [ˈmɜːtʆnt ǁ ˈmɜːr ] noun [countable] COMMERCE 1. a person or organization that buys and sells goods or a particular type of goods: • US tobacco merchants are depending more and more on international sales. • wine merchants and… …
60china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …
