merchants

NOUN

person who sells goods

Synonyms

STRONGEST

broker dealer exporter operator retailer seller shipper shopkeeper trader trafficker vendor wholesaler

STRONG

businessperson consigner handler jobber marketer salesperson sender storekeeper tycoon

WEAK

tradesperson

Antonyms

STRONGEST

customer

WEAK

buyer

Example Sentences

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Monthly recurring revenue, which is Shopify’s predictable monthly subscription revenue which it earns from merchants on paid plans, rose to $212 million from $182 million.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Amazon announced Monday it is opening up its massive shipping and delivery network to any business that wants to use it -- not just the merchants who sell on Amazon's website.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

Already a settlement between merchants and card companies is threatening to upend the rewards-card world, by allowing merchants more freedom to reject credit cards that charge them higher fees.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

"Only in a peaceful world can we, as merchants, expand our trade to every corner of the globe."

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

And of course the merchants there wanted cattle to ship down to New York where there was a need for beef.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier