Thesaurus results for MERCHANT

merchant

noun

ˈmər-chənt

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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Recent Examples of merchant The party was once held on Saturday night but was moved to Friday in 2023 to give organizers more time to get the park ready for the Sunday show and create longer stays for people coming from out of town, which Dorvillier said also benefits local merchants. —

Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026 And for some members of the card issuers’ web of merchant partners, tie-ups with credit issuers translate into big money. —

Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026 Over the following months, the Houthis expanded their operations, using anti‑ship missiles, explosive‑laden drones, and fast attack boats to strike or harass merchant vessels from a growing list of countries. —

Steve Mollman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026 Houthi rebels attacked more than 100 merchant vessels with missiles and drones, sinking two vessels, between November 2023 and January 2025. —

ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for merchant

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Noun

Last week, futures traders briefly pushed the probability of a rate increase by the end of 2026 to 52%.

— Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2026
The spikes in volume didn’t indicate whether the trades were buy or sell orders, but based on how prices moved as they were placed other traders quickly deduced that someone was selling oil futures, a bet on the value of the commodity falling, and buying stock futures, a bet on a market rebound.

— John Cassidy, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026