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# merchandise

«merchandise» in Mova's school dictionary: **bought and sold, especially in shops** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (merchandise, uncountable; informal short form «merch»); verb (merchandise, merchandises, merchandised, merchandising)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Goods that are bought and sold, especially in shops. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merchandise/#m1)

2) Things like T-shirts, mugs and toys sold with the name or picture of a band, film, team or game on them; often called «merch». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merchandise/#m2)

3) (verb, business) To promote and sell goods, for example by how they are displayed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merchandise/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, «merchandise» is the official stuff you can buy from a football club, film or band: shirts, scarves, posters. In maths, shops and merchandise appear in money problems (prices, discounts, profit). In business studies, merchandising is how shops arrange products to sell more. Phrases: «official merchandise», «band merch», «merchandise stall».

### examples

- The club sells official merchandise at the stadium. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merchandise/#x1)
- My sister bought band merch at the concert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merchandise/#x2)
- The shop's merchandise is on sale this week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merchandise/#x3)
- Film merchandise like toys and lunchboxes makes a lot of money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merchandise/#x4)
- All damaged merchandise must be returned to the store. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merchandise/#x5)
- We set up a merchandise stall at the school fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merchandise/#x6)
- The merchandise costs £8 each, so three items cost £24. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merchandise/#x7)
- Shops put popular merchandise at eye level. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merchandise/#x8)
- We bought merchandise, loaded a vessel with it, and set forth with a favorable wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merchandise/#x9)

### note

Uncountable: «a lot of merchandise», not «merchandises». Ends in -ise (both UK and US). Informal: «merch». Related: merchant (a person who sells), commerce. In maths problems, profit = selling price − cost of the merchandise.

### In the corpora

- [Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for thy wares; massive iron, cassia, and calamus, were among thy merchandise.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.705/)
- [For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.69/)
- [She perceiveth that her merchandise is good; her lamp goeth not out by night.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.915/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «merchandise» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merchandise/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.