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merchant

[mur-chuhnt] / ˈmɜr tʃənt /


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When I checked the transactions online, the 20% tip — which I wrote on the merchant copy after the server returned the card — had not been added to the total.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

The day before the MV Hondius’s latest sailing, the crew of the merchant vessel gathered for dinner in Ushuaia, the Argentine resort town known as the gateway to Antarctica.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

IonQ is also collaborating with other quantum companies in its goal to establish itself as what de Masi describes as “the biggest merchant supplier to the sector.”

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

The rising tensions come as the US said navy destroyers and US-flagged merchant ships sailed through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

He pretended to be a merchant named Timothy Jones.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen




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