Thesaurus results for MERCHANT

merchant

noun

ˈmər-chənt

Definition of merchant

as in trader

a buyer and seller of goods for profit free trade agreements that are favored by merchants on both sides of the border

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Recent Examples of merchant That keeps the user's actual card number away from the merchant and the AI agent. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026 In most cases, Linde provides oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, and helium to customers through merchant sale of gas (SOG) agreements, which is where Linde continually supplies gas to customers through long-term contracts. — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026 What struck me most was that independent merchants weren’t necessarily missing because AI couldn’t find them. — Dax Dasilva, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026 But in the early 1800s, Charleston was a bustling commercial hub, and Jewish merchants from a variety of backgrounds gravitated there in search of security and new opportunities. — Ashley Walters, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for merchant

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The yield on 30-year Treasurys briefly hit its highest level since 2002, with traders pricing in a 90% likelihood of a Federal Reserve rate hike by year-end driven by concerns over inflation.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Specifically, that trader sold 5,000 of the 39-strike puts expiring in mid-January for $695,000, and an equal amount of the 42-strike calls expiring the same day for $400,000.

— Oliver Renick, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026