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mdse

mdse is the abbreviation of merchandise.

Meaning of merchandise

Noun

merchandise (usually uncountable, plural merchandises)

  1. (usually) Goods which are or were offered or intended for sale.
    • Good business depends on having good merchandise.
  2. (usually) Commercial goods connected (branded) with an entity such as a team, band, company, charity, work of fiction, festival, or meme. (Commonly shortened to merch.)
  3. (archaic, countable, usually) A commodity offered for sale; an article of commerce; a kind of merchandise.
    • Would we then see in what sence heavenly things may be called a merchandise, and in what sence not; this is easy to him that will understand.1622, John Wing (Minister of the English congregation at Flushing.), The Best Merchandise, Or a Cleare Discovery of the Evident Difference, and Admirable Advantage, Between Our Traffike with God for...
  4. (archaic, usually) The act or business of trading; trade; traffic.

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Questions about mdse

What is mdse the abbreviation of?
Mdse is the abbreviation of merchandise.

Words near mdse in the dictionary

  1. MDR-TB
  2. MDRO
  3. MDRP
  4. MDRs
  5. mds
  6. mdse
  7. mdse.
  8. MDT
  9. MDV
  10. MDVP
  11. MDVs

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