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Word Meanings - IMPORTER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who imports; the merchant who brings goods into a country or state; -- opposed to exporter.

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  • MERCHANTRY
    1. The body of merchants taken collectively; as, the merchantry of a country. 2. The business of a merchant; merchandise. Walpole.
  • MERCHANTLY
    Merchantlike; suitable to the character or business of a merchant. Gauden.
  • TRADER
    1. One engaged in trade or commerce; one who makes a business of buying and selling or of barter; a merchant; a trafficker; as, a trader to the East Indies; a country trader. 2. A vessel engaged in the coasting or foreign trade.
  • MERCHANT
    LL. mercatans, -antis, p. pr. of mercatare to negotiate, L. mercari to traffic, fr. merx, mercis, wares. See Market, Merit, and cf. 1. One who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; a trafficker; a trader. Others,
  • TRADESMAN
    1. One who trades; a shopkeeper. 2. A mechanic or artificer; esp., one whose livelihood depends upon the labor of his hands. Burrill.
  • TRAFFICKER
    One who traffics, or carries on commerce; a trader; a merchant.
  • MERCHANTABLE
    Fit for market; such as is usually sold in market, or such as will bring the ordinary price; as, merchantable wheat; sometimes, a technical designation for a particular kind or class.
  • IMPORTER
    One who imports; the merchant who brings goods into a country or state; -- opposed to exporter.
  • MERCHANTMAN
    1. A merchant. Matt. xiii. 45. 2. A trading vessel; a ship employed in the transportation of goods, as, distinguished from a man-of-war.
  • DEALER
    1. One who deals; one who has to do, or has concern, with others; esp., a trader, a trafficker, a shopkeeper, a broker, or a merchant; as, a dealer in dry goods; a dealer in stocks; a retail dealer. 2. One who distributes cards to the players.
  • SOLE TRADER
    A feme sole trader.
  • DOUBLE DEALER
    One who practices double dealing; a deceitful, trickish person. L'Estrange.
  • UNMERCHANTABLE
    Not merchantable; not fit for market; being of a kind, quality, or quantity that is unsalable. McElrath.

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