Merchandise
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Merchandise
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Meaning of Merchandise
goods , commodities and wares as are ordinarily the objects of trade and commerce , whether sold wholesale or retail. The term is inappropriate to refer to realty.
Merchandise Alternative Definition
(Lat. mera;). A term ineluding all those things which merchants sell, 'either wholesale or retail; as, drygoods, hardware, groceries, drugs, etc. It is usually applied to personal chattels only, and to those which are not required for food or immediate support but such as remain after having been used, or which are used only by a slow consumption. See Pardessus, note 8; Dig. 13. 3. 1; Id. 19. 4. 1; Id. 50. 16. 66; 8 Pet, (U. S.) 277; 6 Wend. (N. Y.) 335. Mere evidences of value, as bank bills, are not merchandise. The fact that a thing is sometimes bought and sold does not make it merchandise. Story, J., 2 Story, C. C. (U. S.) 10, 53, 54. See 2 Mass. 467; 20 Pick. (Mass.) 9; 3 Mete. (Mass.) 367; 2 Pars. Cont. 331, note (w). Nor are baggage (6. Fed. 413) tools or facilities (26 Ind. 294), or animals kept for use; though otherwise if they were imported for purpose of sale only (22 Vt. 655).
Financial Definition of Merchandise
All movable goods such as cars, textiles, appliances, etc. and 'f.o.b.' means free on board.
International Trade Meaning and Definition of Merchandise
Includes goods, wares, and chattels of every description except Prohibited Merchandise, building materials, production equipment and supplies for use in operation of a zone.
Synonyms of Merchandise
noun
articles
articles of commerce
assets
belongings
capital goods
cargo
chattel
commodities
consumer durables
consumer goods
contents
effects
freight
goods
goods for sale
items for sale
line
line of goods
manufactured goods
material assets
materials
merx
movables
possessions
produce
property
provisions
res venales
salable commodities
shop goods
specialty
staples
stock
stock in trade
store
supplies
tangible assets
vendibles
wares
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Cargo, Chain Stores, Chose, Commerce, Commodity, Goods, Importation, Imports, Invoice, Mercantile, Merchant, Option, Pedlar, Shoplifting, Smuggling, Stock, Tariff, Trade Mark, Traffic.
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Merchandise Definition (in the Accounting Vocabulary)
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What are Goods, Wares, and Merchandise?
A definition of goods, wa res, and merchandise is: A general and comprehensive designation of such chattels and goods as are ordinarily the subject of traffic and sale. More details on the Encyclopedia. The phrase is used in the statute of frauds, and is sometimes found in pleadings and other instruments.[1]
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"Goods, Wares, and Merchandise" in the White America Dictionary (New York, Los Angeles, London, New Delhy, Hong Kong, 1989)