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Hong merchantHong Hong, n. [Chinese hang, Canton dialect hong, a mercantile
house, factory.]
A mercantile establishment or factory for foreign trade in
China, as formerly at Canton; a succession of offices
connected by a common passage and used for business or
storage.
Hong merchant, one of the few Chinese merchants who,
previous to the treaty of 1842, formed a guild which had
the exclusive privilege of trading with foreigners. MerchandMerchand Mer"chand, v. i. [F. marchander. See Merchant.]
To traffic. [Obs.] --Bacon. Merchandisable
Merchandisable Mer"chan*di`sa*ble, a.
Such as can be used or transferred as merchandise.
MerchandiseMerchandise Mer"chan*dise, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Merchandised;
p. pr. & vb. n. Merchandising.]
To trade; to carry on commerce. --Bacon. Merchandise
Merchandise Mer"chan*dise, v. t.
To make merchandise of; to buy and sell. ``Love is
merchandised.' --Shak.
Merchandise
Merchandise Mer"chan*dise, n. [F. marchandise, OF.
marcheandise.]
1. The objects of commerce; whatever is usually bought or
sold in trade, or market, or by merchants; wares; goods;
commodities. --Spenser.
2. The act or business of trading; trade; traffic.
MerchandisedMerchandise Mer"chan*dise, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Merchandised;
p. pr. & vb. n. Merchandising.]
To trade; to carry on commerce. --Bacon. Merchandiser
Merchandiser Mer"chan*di`ser, n.
A trader. --Bunyan.
MerchandisingMerchandise Mer"chan*dise, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Merchandised;
p. pr. & vb. n. Merchandising.]
To trade; to carry on commerce. --Bacon. MerchandryMerchandry Mer"chand*ry, n. [See Merchant.]
Trade; commerce. [Obs.] --Bp. Sanderson. MerchantMerchant Mer"chant, n. [OE. marchant, OF. marcheant, F.
marchand, fr. LL. mercatans, -antis, p. pr. of mercatare to
negotiate, L. mercari to traffic, fr. merx, mercis, wares.
See Market, Merit, and cf. Commerce.]
1. One who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign
countries; a trafficker; a trader.
Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad.
--Shak.
2. A trading vessel; a merchantman. [Obs.] --Shak.
3. One who keeps a store or shop for the sale of goods; a
shopkeeper. [U. S. & Scot.] MerchantMerchant Mer"chant, a.
Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as,
the merchant service.
Merchant bar, Merchant iron or steel, certain common
sizes of wrought iron and steel bars.
Merchant service, the mercantile marine of a country. --Am.
Cyc.
Merchant ship, a ship employed in commerce.
Merchant tailor, a tailor who keeps and sells materials for
the garments which he makes. Merchant
Merchant Mer"chant, v. i.
To be a merchant; to trade. [Obs.]
Merchant barMerchant Mer"chant, a.
Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as,
the merchant service.
Merchant bar, Merchant iron or steel, certain common
sizes of wrought iron and steel bars.
Merchant service, the mercantile marine of a country. --Am.
Cyc.
Merchant ship, a ship employed in commerce.
Merchant tailor, a tailor who keeps and sells materials for
the garments which he makes. Merchant ironMerchant Mer"chant, a.
Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as,
the merchant service.
Merchant bar, Merchant iron or steel, certain common
sizes of wrought iron and steel bars.
Merchant service, the mercantile marine of a country. --Am.
Cyc.
Merchant ship, a ship employed in commerce.
Merchant tailor, a tailor who keeps and sells materials for
the garments which he makes. Merchant serviceMerchant Mer"chant, a.
Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as,
the merchant service.
Merchant bar, Merchant iron or steel, certain common
sizes of wrought iron and steel bars.
Merchant service, the mercantile marine of a country. --Am.
Cyc.
Merchant ship, a ship employed in commerce.
Merchant tailor, a tailor who keeps and sells materials for
the garments which he makes. Merchant shipMerchant Mer"chant, a.
Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as,
the merchant service.
Merchant bar, Merchant iron or steel, certain common
sizes of wrought iron and steel bars.
Merchant service, the mercantile marine of a country. --Am.
Cyc.
Merchant ship, a ship employed in commerce.
Merchant tailor, a tailor who keeps and sells materials for
the garments which he makes. Merchant tailorMerchant Mer"chant, a.
Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as,
the merchant service.
Merchant bar, Merchant iron or steel, certain common
sizes of wrought iron and steel bars.
Merchant service, the mercantile marine of a country. --Am.
Cyc.
Merchant ship, a ship employed in commerce.
Merchant tailor, a tailor who keeps and sells materials for
the garments which he makes. Merchantable
Merchantable Mer"chant*a*ble, a.
Fit for market; such as is usually sold in market, or such as
will bring the ordinary price; as, merchantable wheat;
sometimes, a technical designation for a particular kind or
class.
Merchantly
Merchantly Mer"chant*ly, a.
Merchantlike; suitable to the character or business of a
merchant. [Obs.] --Gauden.
MerchantmanMerchantman Mer"chant*man, n.; pl. Merchantmen.
1. A merchant. [Obs.] --Matt. xiii. 45.
2. A trading vessel; a ship employed in the transportation of
goods, as, distinguished from a man-of-war. MerchantmenMerchantman Mer"chant*man, n.; pl. Merchantmen.
1. A merchant. [Obs.] --Matt. xiii. 45.
2. A trading vessel; a ship employed in the transportation of
goods, as, distinguished from a man-of-war. Merchantry
Merchantry Mer"chant*ry, n.
1. The body of merchants taken collectively; as, the
merchantry of a country.
2. The business of a merchant; merchandise. --Walpole.
Raff merchantRaff Raff, n.
1. A promiscuous heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber;
refuse. ``A raff of errors.' --Barrow.
2. The sweepings of society; the rabble; the mob; -- chiefly
used in the compound or duplicate, riffraff.
3. A low fellow; a churl.
Raff merchant, a dealer in lumber and odd refuse. [Prov.
Eng.] Statute merchantStatute Stat"ute, n. [F. statut, LL. statutum, from L.
statutus, p. p. of statuere to set, station, ordain, fr.
status position, station, fr. stare, statum, to stand. See
Stand, and cf. Constitute, Destitute.]
1. An act of the legislature of a state or country,
declaring, commanding, or prohibiting something; a
positive law; the written will of the legislature
expressed with all the requisite forms of legislation; --
used in distinction fraom common law. See Common law,
under Common, a. --Bouvier.
Note: Statute is commonly applied to the acts of a
legislative body consisting of representatives. In
monarchies, legislature laws of the sovereign are
called edicts, decrees, ordinances, rescripts, etc. In
works on international law and in the Roman law, the
term is used as embracing all laws imposed by competent
authority. Statutes in this sense are divided into
statutes real, statutes personal, and statutes mixed;
statutes real applying to immovables; statutes personal
to movables; and statutes mixed to both classes of
property.
2. An act of a corporation or of its founder, intended as a
permanent rule or law; as, the statutes of a university.
3. An assemblage of farming servants (held possibly by
statute) for the purpose of being hired; -- called also
statute fair. [Eng.] Cf. 3d Mop, 2. --Halliwell.
Statute book, a record of laws or legislative acts.
--Blackstone.
Statute cap, a kind of woolen cap; -- so called because
enjoined to be worn by a statute, dated in 1571, in behalf
of the trade of cappers. [Obs.] --Halliwell.
Statute fair. See Statute, n., 3, above.
Statute labor, a definite amount of labor required for the
public service in making roads, bridges, etc., as in
certain English colonies.
Statute merchant (Eng. Law), a bond of record pursuant to
the stat. 13 Edw. I., acknowledged in form prescribed, on
which, if not paid at the day, an execution might be
awarded against the body, lands, and goods of the debtor,
and the obligee might hold the lands until out of the
rents and profits of them the debt was satisfied; --
called also a pocket judgment. It is now fallen into
disuse. --Tomlins. --Bouvier.
Statute mile. See under Mile.
Statute of limitations (Law), a statute assigned a certain
time, after which rights can not be enforced by action.
Statute staple, a bond of record acknowledged before the
mayor of the staple, by virtue of which the creditor may,
on nonpayment, forthwith have execution against the body,
lands, and goods of the debtor, as in the statute
merchant. It is now disused. --Blackstone.
Syn: Act; regulation; edict; decree. See Law. trader or merchantFeme Feme (? or ?), n. [OF. feme, F. femme.] (Old Law)
A woman. --Burrill.
Feme covert (Law), a married woman. See Covert, a., 3.
Feme sole (Law), a single or unmarried woman; a woman who
has never been married, or who has been divorced, or whose
husband is dead.
Feme sole trader or merchant (Eng. Law), a married woman,
who, by the custom of London, engages in business on her
own account, inpendently of her husband. Unmerchantable
Unmerchantable Un*mer"chant*a*ble, a. (Com.)
Not merchantable; not fit for market; being of a kind,
quality, or quantity that is unsalable. --McElrath.
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