merchants

NOUN

person who sells goods

Synonyms

STRONGEST

broker dealer exporter operator retailer seller shipper shopkeeper trader trafficker vendor wholesaler

STRONG

businessperson consigner handler jobber marketer salesperson sender storekeeper tycoon

WEAK

tradesperson

Antonyms

STRONGEST

customer

WEAK

buyer

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merchants

Agents may save consumers time, but e-commerce merchants have new work to do.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Online merchants face a difficult decision, though: Do they embrace outside agents in hopes of a sales boost, or do they resist them?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

“The landscape for merchants in e-commerce is becoming increasingly complex,” McPadden said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

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

On the far side of the pyre, the children saw a clutch of nobles standing amid the merchants and Jews who had come from their homes on the north bank.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

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