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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Among the first merchants offering Affirm as a payment method in the U.K. are Alternative Airlines, the flight booking website, and payments processing firm Fexco.
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Ryan Browne, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
The cursed man is William Hickman, a merchant who lived there with his family beginning in 1596.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
There are large-scale merchants doing a lot of business there, so our platform is attuned for their needs.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
In other words, merchants and marketers need to know their customers in a more specific way and deliver messages that resonate.
—Greg Petro, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Ryan Browne, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
The cursed man is William Hickman, a merchant who lived there with his family beginning in 1596.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
There are large-scale merchants doing a lot of business there, so our platform is attuned for their needs.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
In other words, merchants and marketers need to know their customers in a more specific way and deliver messages that resonate.
—Greg Petro, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Merchant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/merchant. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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