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merchanting

verb
SayMUR-chuhnt-ingUS/ˈmɝt͡ʃəntɪŋ/UK/ˈmɜːtʃəntɪŋ/

1 meaning of merchanting

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  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle of merchant. Use this form when someone is buying and selling goods as a business.

    She made a good living by merchanting cloth in the busy port town.

    The brothers were merchanting wool long before they opened their own shop.

    Note

merchanting is a form of merchant

merchant, verb: To buy goods from outsiders and sell them to other outsiders for profit. Full entry

Forms
merchantmerchants he/she/itmerchanting -ing formmerchanted past tense, past participle
Spelling
merchant → merchanting: add -ing

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