merchandizing
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English
31
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
present participle and gerund of merchandize
Example Sentences
- "The Diſcommodities of Vſury are: Firſt, that it makes fevver Merchants. For vvere it not, for this Lazie Trade of Vſury, Money vvould not lie ſtill, but vvould, in great Part, be Imployed vpon Merchandizing; VVhich is the Vena Porta of VVealth in a State."
- "Profanation of the lord's day, or ſabbath-breaking, is a ninth offence againſt God and religion, puniſhed by the municipal lavvs of England. […] And therefore the lavvs of king Athelſtan forbad all merchandizing on the lord's day, under very ſevere penalties."
- "[T]he old Triton, at his fountain-sport, / Bernini's creature plated to the paps, / Puffs up steel sleet which breaks to diamond dust, / A spray of sparkles snorted from his conch, / High over the caritellas, out o' the way / O' the motley merchandizing multitude."
- "Now, these strikers: Honest, they're not such bad people. Just foolish. They don't understand the complications of merchandizing and profit, the way we businessmen do, but sometimes I think they're about like the rest of us, and no more hogs for wages than we are for profits."
- "With the ubiquitous branding and expert merchandizing of museums today, it is easy to forget that graphic design was once a low priority for them."
Etymology
Etymology tree English merchandize Middle English -ynge English -ing English merchandizing From merchandize + -ing.