merchant
US: /ˈmɝtʃənt/
UK: /mˈɜːtʃənt/
UK: /mˈɜːtʃənt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
merchant /'mə:tʃənt/
- danh từ
- nhà buôn, lái buôn
- nhà buôn, lái buôn
- tính từ
- buôn, buôn bán
- merchant service: hãng tàu buôn
- a merchant prince: nhà buôn giàu, phú thương
- buôn, buôn bán
Advanced English dictionary
noun, adjective
+ noun
1 a person who buys and sells goods in large quantities, especially one who imports and exports goods: builders' merchants (= who sell supplies to the building trade) + a coal / wine merchant + Venice was once a city of rich merchants.
2 (informal, disapproving) a person who likes a particular activity: a speed merchant (= sb who likes to drive fast) + noise merchants (= for example, a band who make a lot of noise)
Idioms see DOOM n.
+ adjective [only before noun] connected with the transport of goods by sea: merchant navy / ships / seamen
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 dealer, retailer, seller, shopkeeper, store owner, trader, tradesman or tradeswoman, vendor:
High Street merchants are complaining about a decline in sales.
2 pedlar, hawker; (travelling) salesman, (sales) representative, commercial traveller, huckster, door-to-door salesman, US old-fashioned drummer, Colloq (sales) rep:
His work as an itinerant merchant took him away from home most of the week
3 distributor, wholesaler, jobber, broker, agent, forwarder; businessman, merchant prince, mogul, tycoon, magnate, industrialist, US baron:
She comes from a family of steel merchants.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
prosperous, rich, wealthy | powerful, prominent, substantial, successful | foreign, local | builders', coal, corn, timber, wine, wool
We bought a ton of sand from the builders' merchant.
MERCHANT + NOUN
fleet, marine, seaman, ship, shipping, vessel
Concise English dictionary
merchants'mɜrtʃənt /'mɜː-
noun
+a businessperson engaged in retail trade
