merchants
- plural of merchant.
Example Sentences
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The merger could help lower processing fees, spurring more merchants and consumers to use online payment services.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
The deal would bring together major players in the payments world—PayPal’s vast network of consumers and recognizable brands, and Stripe’s business providing transaction-processing infrastructure for merchants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Lopez gets calls from exasperated merchants dealing with vandalism and with people blocking their storefronts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
A section within the 2010 Dodd-Frank law, called the Durbin amendment, caps fees large banks can collect from merchants on debit-card transactions, if they are routed through an outside network.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Most of them were merchants who saw the war as an annoyance that interfered with trade.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
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