merchandise
noun
the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
had been merchandising
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past perfect progressiveof merchandise.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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He had been merchandising for some years at St. Louis, and had become impressed with the financial profits of the fur-trade as well as with the vast possibilities of American development on the continent.
From The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce by Lyman, William Denison
