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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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"Ghost kitchens" refer to takeaway merchants on food delivery platforms with no physical shop fronts.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

According to the report, Shopify is pushing deeper in mid-sized businesses compared with small merchants, “reinforcing the up-market and unified commerce narrative.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Amazon’s Multi-Channel Fulfillment program, the service that ships these orders, now serves more than 200,000 U.S. merchants, and the network grew by roughly 70% in 2024 alone, according to Amazon.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

Quiroz, the daughter of local merchants and a former director of Uruapan’s family services agency, joined Manzo’s team.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

The book showed how useful Arabic numerals were for doing complex calculations, and the Italian merchants and bankers quickly seized upon the new system, zero included.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife