as in trader
a buyer and seller of goods for profit
free trade agreements that are favored by merchants on both sides of the border
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The challenge for merchants looking to expand beyond domestic borders lies in leveraging popular payment methods internationally.
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Stuart Neal, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
In this iteration, Antonio, the merchant of the title, is an Oswald Mosley-style fascist who coerces Shylock to convert to Christianity.
—Matt Wolf, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Further afield, a merchant vessel found off of Israel’s coast, about 5,900 feet beneath the surface of the Mediterranean Sea, made headlines as the oldest deep-sea shipwreck identified to date.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
There were street merchants selling pickles and knishes.
—Mara Reinstein, Architectural Digest, 25 Dec. 2024
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Stuart Neal, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
In this iteration, Antonio, the merchant of the title, is an Oswald Mosley-style fascist who coerces Shylock to convert to Christianity.
—Matt Wolf, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Further afield, a merchant vessel found off of Israel’s coast, about 5,900 feet beneath the surface of the Mediterranean Sea, made headlines as the oldest deep-sea shipwreck identified to date.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
There were street merchants selling pickles and knishes.
—Mara Reinstein, Architectural Digest, 25 Dec. 2024
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“Merchant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/merchant. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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