commission merchant

How to use commission merchant in a sentence

• Even Mr. Baring has been quoted, who is a commission merchant, to the greatest extent perhaps known in the world.

  Abridgement of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856 (4 of 16 vol.) | Various

• The Louisiana purchase of fifteen millions was nothing to him as a commission merchant.

  Abridgement of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856 (4 of 16 vol.) | Various

• Monsieur Plays was a commission merchant, and might offer him frequent opportunities to make profitable investments.

  San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams | Charles Paul de Kock

• To make up for it, the commission merchant in sugar is very loquacious; he impresses me more or less as a blagueur.

  San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams | Charles Paul de Kock

• The manufacturer would introduce the projector to the commission merchant in New York who was serving his mill.

  The Rise of Cotton Mills in the South | Broadus Mitchell