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merchant

[mur-chuhnt] / ˈmɜr tʃənt /


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Airlines, department stores and every kind of merchant lean on their card programs to attract more customers, boost loyalty and increase revenue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Across three of the exhibitions, the male Viking emerges as a warrior, a seafarer, and a merchant.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

"What is the United Stand now? A noise merchant, or a news organisation?"

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

This artificial floor-setting reportedly pushed merchant ad costs up by as much as 50% during peak shopping events such as Prime Day, when sellers naturally expected higher costs driven by holiday competition.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

“I was on a merchant ship that sank.”

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook

Mohan explained that Meta has built payment systems through Stripe’s Link agent wallet, which allows users to hide card information from merchants and AI systems.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

The Secret Service now regularly hunts for skimmers across U.S. cities while educating merchants to spot them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

Of course, other merchants were selling those items for lower prices or had recently slashed their prices, and prices can be negotiated downward.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

Including sales by petroleum, oilseed and grain merchants, wholesale trade for July was up 0.4% at C$137.3 billion, and 13.8% higher than in the same month last year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

"We are peaceful people, sir; we are merchants, we are not knights," they said.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios




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