merchant definition

merchant

Wholesaler or retailer who may buy goods from any or all sources for resale to anyone and everyone for profit. In law, a merchant is held to a higher standard of duty of care than a non-merchant because he or she is deemed to have expert knowledge about the goods he or she deals in.

merchant is in the Advertising, Marketing, & Sales and Banking, Commerce & Finance subjects.

merchant appears in the definitions of the following terms: computer service provider (CSP), mercantilism, secure electronic transaction (SET), drop shipper, International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code, retrieval request, acquiring bank, holdback, internet commerce provider (ICP), electronic bill payment and

merchant appears in the other terms: merchantable, merchant bank, full service merchant wholesaler, export merchant, merchant account, merchant bar, merchant marine, commission merchant, merchant navy, merchant account provider and

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