(n.) The objects of commerce; whatever is usually bought or sold in trade, or market, or by merchants; wares; goods; commodities.
(n.) The act or business of trading; trade; traffic.
(v. i.) To trade; to carry on commerce.
(v. t.) To make merchandise of; to buy and sell.
Example Sentences:
(1) "We remain committed to sourcing merchandise that is produced responsibly by suppliers that adhere to Walmart's rigorous Standards for Suppliers code of conduct."
(2) "Prime-time dramas aren't usually properties that are licensed [for merchandising] with the exception of the family-orientated Doctor Who.
(3) Content in the app is a mixture of episode descriptions, quizzes, tweets, cast information and playable clips of every song on the soundtrack, with links to buy song downloads, TV episodes and merchandise – the latter through a partnership with e-commerce firm Delivery Agent.
(4) Aims include overtaking Tesco to become the market leader in general merchandise and leapfrogging Sainsbury's to become No 2 in food.
(5) On Tuesday Marks & Spencer is expected to blame the weather for a fall in clothes and general merchandise sales over the past three months.
(6) Might The Good Dinosaur be the new Cars – hugely popular with merchandise makers but Pixar’s least effective movie in terms of concept and realisation – or can Peter Sohn’s film about a 70-foot tall Apatosaurus who befriends a human boy transcend its slightly hackneyed storyline?
(7) Within the industry, however, the company is equally well known for the steps it takes to protect the performers that help it pull in an estimated $1bn (£674m) annually from ticket and merchandising sales.
(8) Where in July street vendors sold hats and T-shirts with slogans such as “Hillary for Prison” and “Life’s a bitch, don’t vote for one”, this week the merchandise says “Hard working town Cleveland”, “Land of champions”, “C*town don’t back down” and “I liked Cleveland before it was cool”.
(9) In the case of the London store, organisers promise a "limited run of exclusive merchandise" that could include T-shirts, CDs and limited-edition 7"s. Pop-up stores have also hosted surprise gigs by Third Man bands.
(10) The retailer is consulting with head office staff including those in buying, merchandising and marketing about the job cuts, which are part o Rowe’s attempts to reduce costs and simplify the business.
(11) West Ham United Accounts of WH Holding Ltd for the year to 31 May 2015 • Ownership David Sullivan 51.1%; David Gold 35.1%; CB Holding ehf 10% • Turnover 9th highest in League £121m , up from £115m in 2014 • Income Match income and football related £20m; Commercial £15m; Premier League & broadcasting £79m; Retail & merchandising £7m • Wage bill Joint 12th highest in League £73m , up from £64m in 2014 • Wages as proportion of turnover 60% • Profit before tax £3m , following £10m profit in 2014 • Net debt £67m • Interest payable £6m • Highest-paid director Unnamed, £646,000 (Karren Brady is the executive vice-chairman) State they are in: The figures for West Ham’s occupation of the £701m, 60,000-seat Olympic stadium , disclosed after dogged persistence by Freedom of Information campaigners supporting other clubs, have confirmed it as the greatest public money bonanza ever bestowed on a football club.
(12) When asked what advice she had given the younger actors who were newcomers to the Star Wars franchise she replied: “Don’t go through the crew like wildfire.” Another questioner asked what were the strangest Star Wars merchandising items they had seen, and Fisher said: “Shampoo bottle, because you can twist off your head” – before pointing out a Princess Leia strain of marijuana was available.
(13) He says they talk about "the love, life and losses of [Real Housewives Of Atlanta star] NeNe Leakes," and that they're "designing the merchandise for the next season of [equally tacky reality show] Bad Girls Club: Evian bottles replaced with leopard print covers to conceal the brand on TV.
(14) The challenge was launched by Middle-Earth Enterprises, a division of the LA-based Saul Zaentz Company, which controls worldwide merchandising rights to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
(15) Last year Bolland installed former head of food John Dixon to head of general merchandise, which covers clothing, and former boss Kate Bostock quit.
(16) BBC Worldwide has announced a "fundamental strategic review" of its children's programming and merchandising business, home to properties including Teletubbies and Tweenies, after the poor retail performance of some brands contributed to a £7.2m annual loss.
(17) She approached everything with Christmas-morning levels of excitement: the very fact that she was out in town, after dark, on a school night; the meal beforehand at Pizza Express, where – thrillingly – we saw people who were also going to see Jessie J and who waved at us; the unimaginable bounty of the merchandise stall; the crowd screaming; the fact that she had seen the support act, a briefly popular boyband called Lawson , on TV.
(18) He said: “While we recognise that the 2014-15 fiscal year financial results will reflect our absence from the Champions League, we signed the largest kit sponsorship deal in the history of sport in the first quarter and, with that concluded, we are excited to focus our efforts on the meaningful growth opportunities in sponsorship, digital media and retail and merchandising.” Woodward focused on social media and the club’s youth policy in the conference call arranged to discuss the results.
(19) The society has taken another step to protect the pandas' value to the zoo by trademarking their popular, anglicised names, Sunshine and Sweetie, to prevent pirate merchandising.
(20) Maen, who describes himself as a T-shirt and trouser merchandiser, said: “If I get fingerprinted we will go to Stockholm, if not Berlin.
Secondhand
Definition:
(a.) Not original or primary; received from another.
(a.) Not new; already or previously or used by another; as, a secondhand book, garment.
Example Sentences:
(1) For now, temporary carers receive rice, secondhand clothes for the children, toiletries and a small stipend, while regular financial help from the government and Unicef is being considered.
(2) As a result, they are more susceptible to the harmful effects of secondhand smoke and are less likely to be able to choose to move away from it.” Hollins added: “Adults who smoke in the presence of children are not acting in the children’s best interest; therefore it is encouraging that the government has brought forward these regulations in order to protect them.” • This article was amended on 19 December 2014.
(3) Annual savings in tonnes of CO 2 Only buy newspapers, magazines, books, toilet paper and copier paper made from recycled materials 0.1 Block direct mail, choose electronic bills and statements, buy secondhand books and share papers 0.1 'I'm a frequent flyer.
(4) He could flog his fish to the secondhand shop, or maybe sell them on the street, the way his neighbour does stolen trainers, maybe diversifying into Noah’s Arks.
(5) Annual savings in tonnes of CO 2 Buy secondhand mobile phones and ensure that three of your electronic devices are recycled 0.3 Keep your electronic devices (eg phones, TVs, computers, DVD players, games machines) one year longer than you would have 0.2 Switch from a desktop computer to a laptop at home, and recycle the desktop 0.1 Food (1.5 tonnes of CO 2 ) This always surprises people, but the global food production system is a really important source of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
(6) In February his official spokesman said he believed that “the time has come” to introduce the new offence to protect children and young people from the effects of secondhand smoke.
(7) The collapse in the oil price, and the collapse of the refining business, means that there is a lot of near-new secondhand equipment out there.
(8) These loud orthographic markers, in turn, echo the profound divide that separates the Afghans' traditional society from the liberal markets from whence secondhand cars make their journey across continents, sometimes complete with dangerously loaded but misunderstood ornamental accessories.
(9) According to the Daily Mail , the ban follows a campaign by prison staff who have long objected to breathing in the secondhand smoke of inmates.
(10) Hundreds of secondhand furniture charities that distribute recycled fridges, cookers, beds and other basic household goods to Britain's most vulnerable families, have warned that they face rapidly growing demand from destitute clients.
(11) Weaker prices for secondhand diesel cars pose additional risk.
(12) The women retire because owners don’t want them in the interior of a boat after a certain age – late 30s and you’re off.” The majority of owners buy superyachts secondhand via brokers and refit them to their tastes.
(13) For secondhand designer outfits, from the likes of Isabel Marant, YSL and Repetto, check out Troc en Stock at no 6.
(14) Reader served his Brink’s-Mat time, returned to life outside, and went in to the secondhand car business and property development.
(15) If the only thing we ever achieve with drugs policy is to make sure our kids don't get the idea to try drugs after inhaling secondhand skunk while they are walking to school, we can at least look ourselves in the mirror.
(16) He himself no longer upgrades his devices and is considering buying secondhand in the future.
(17) I thought if he’s, if he has the, the guts and the audacity to smoke marijuana in front of the five-year-old girl and risk her lungs and risk her life by giving her secondhand smoke and the front-seat passenger doing the same thing then what, what care does he give about me?” he said.
(18) He is wearing a secondhand jacket donated by a Kuwaiti, because he has left his home with only the clothes on his back.
(19) [ 9 November: updated with better images and details about secondhand market ] • Explainer: Apple, Samsung, Google and the smartphone patent wars
(20) The Second Coolest Person in the World (cf last week's NME ) lopes into the offices of Rough Trade Records in cords and round-neck woolly, a stick insect wrapped in secondhand chic.