noun

1. things bought and sold; goods; commodities; wares
2. Obsolete buying and selling; trade

Etymology: ME marchandise < OFr < marchant: see merchant

transitive verb, intransitive verb merchandised -·dised′, merchandising -·dis′·ing

1. to buy and sell; carry on trade in (some kind of goods)
2. to advertise, promote, and organize the sale of (a particular product)