Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

law merchant

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English

Syllables
law mer-chant
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A body of commercial law.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Calque of Latin lex mercatoria

Usage

Inflected Forms

Synonyms

Questions

What does law merchant mean?
A body of commercial law.
Where does law merchant come from?
Calque of Latin lex mercatoria

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