merchandise
noun
the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
merchandised
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past participleof merchandise.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof merchandise.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
merchandisenounthe manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
Example Sentences
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He makes clear that the eventual titans of streetwear were scrappy entrepreneurs who merged graffiti, break dancing, hip-hop, punk rock and skateboarding, all gestures of rebellion they cleverly merchandised.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
Those characters have been part of America’s cultural heritage almost since their first appearance — the Blondie comic strip still runs daily in The Times, and Betty Boop’s image is widely and popularly merchandised.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2025
“They are merchandised as ‘It’ items,” said Sharon Graubard, the founder and creative director of MintModa, a fashion forecasting firm.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2021
Expect to see Mandalorian tie-ins merchandised in the “Star Wars” tradition.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 20, 2019
Sonnets xiv MY love is strengthen'd, though more weak in seeming; I love not less, though less the show appear: That love is merchandised whose rich esteeming The owner's tongue doth publish everywhere.
From Bulchevy's Book of English Verse by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
