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merchant activity

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  • merchant — ► NOUN 1) a wholesale trader. 2) N. Amer. & Scottish a retail trader. 3) informal, chiefly derogatory a person fond of a particular activity: a speed merchant. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of ships, sailors, or shipping activity) involved with commerce. ORIGIN …   English terms dictionary

  • Merchant aircraft carrier — HMS Activity, formerly Empire Activity Merchant aircraft carriers (MAC) were bulk cargo ships with minimal aircraft handling facilities, used during World War II by Britain and the Netherlands as an interim measure to supplement British and… …   Wikipedia

  • Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood — This article is about the Independent school in Northwood, Hertfordshire. For the independent school in Crosby, Merseyside, see Merchant Taylors School, Crosby. Merchant Taylors School Motto Latin: Concordia parvae res crescunt ( Small things… …   Wikipedia

  • merchant — n. 1 a wholesale trader, esp. with foreign countries. 2 esp. US & Sc. a retail trader. 3 colloq. usu. derog. a person showing a partiality for a specified activity or practice (speed merchant). Phrases and idioms: merchant bank esp. Brit. a bank… …   Useful english dictionary

  • merchant bank — A bank that formerly specialized in financing foreign trade, an activity that often grew out of its own merchanting business. This led them into accepting bills of exchange and functioning as accepting houses. More recently they have tended to… …   Accounting dictionary

  • merchant bank — A bank that formerly specialized in financing foreign trade, an activity that often grew out of its own merchanting business. This led them into accepting bills of exchange and functioning as accepting houses. More recently they have tended to… …   Big dictionary of business and management

  • merchant — mer|chant [ˈmə:tʃənt US ˈmə:r ] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: marcheant, from Latin mercatus, past participle of mercari to buy and sell ] 1.) wine/coal/timber etc merchant someone whose job is to buy and sell wine, coal etc or a… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • merchant — I. noun Etymology: Middle English marchant, from Anglo French, from Vulgar Latin *mercatant , mercatans, from present participle of mercatare to trade, frequentative of Latin mercari more at market Date: 13th century 1. a buyer and seller of… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • merchant — noun 1》 a person involved in wholesale trade.     ↘chiefly N. Amer. a retail trader. 2》 informal a person who deals in something unpleasant.     ↘derogatory a person with a liking for a particular activity: a speed merchant. adjective (of ships,… …   English new terms dictionary

  • merchant — noun (C) 1 someone who buys and sells goods in large quantities: He s a wine merchant. 2 con merchant/speed merchant etc BrE informal someone who is involved in a particular activity, such as tricking people or driving very fast …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • Axis naval activity in Australian waters — Although Australia was remote from the main battlefronts, there was considerable Axis naval activity in Australian waters during World War II. A total of 54 German and Japanese warships and submarines entered Australian waters between 1940 and… …   Wikipedia

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