merch
[murch]
- merchandise, especially as marketed to a particular fan base: The band sold t-shirts and other merch while on tour.
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Origin of merch
First recorded in 1980–85; by shortening
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Examples from the Web for merch
Contemporary Examples
Vendors in white tents lined the fan concourse, selling food, beer and merch.
On the site, supporters can use their Visas freely to buy WikiLeaks merch, as the transaction is handled by a third party.
WikiLeaks’ Money Trail: How It’s Raising Money for Snowden & AssangeCaitlin Dickson, Eliza Shapiro
July 9, 2013
The merch will hit stores and online this March, giving AP fans something to get excited for.
Penélope Cruz Is Now A Lingerie Designer; Jessica Biel Marries in PinkThe Fashion Beast Team
October 24, 2012
I wanted a merch table at the show selling our GE belt buckles, which our staff all wears.
Historical Examples
Joab and Theodomas are again mentioned together in a like passage in the Merch.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 (of 7)Geoffrey Chaucer
Then there be now in the tribe a hundred persons who bear the name of ap John or merch John.
Pabo, The PriestSabine Baring-Gould
Is the origin of Mark, a very common Jewish name, to be sought in the Celtic merch, a horse?
Shakespeare tells us that mercy 'is mightiest in the mightiest,' and is 'above this sceptred sway'; Merch.