Define Merchant Meaning

In Cockney rhyming slang, a wanker (from merchant banker)

A derogatory term, implying a person is gay.

definitions unknown....scholors maintain that the true meaning of the merchant was lost at sea 2,000 years ago. A merchant, or merchantus smallus dickus, can usually be found smoking a cigar and eating sunchips down by the bay.

The Merchant is a man who resides in the East Greenwich area and rarely cares/needs to venture out of his territory. He deals with fine wines and cigars and hosts a plethora of crazy parties filled with friends. The Merchant currently has only one trade ship of his own but he can call upon a sizeable fleet if the need presents itself

The Parties at The Merchant's trade post are very exclusive, and only those who are on the guest list are allowed to attend. He is usually fairly peaceful but if angered, he is a formidable foe as he is equally as formidable as he is large! Should this not be enough to deter any issues, he can always call upon a small army to aid him in his endeavors. He can usually be found by the smoke clouds puffing away from his fine cigars that he perpetually smokes.

The Merchant was orginally named by Adam and known by only a few. Even today (years later) there are few who know The Merchant, and even fewer who know The Merchant's real name but there are countless who know of The Merchant and The Merchant's parties.

-The act of buying low and selling high in a video game economy.

-Buying items to sell later at a higher price.

Origin: Runescape MMORPG

Mer-chant-a-lism, an economic theory developed in the 16th and 18th century that a nation should increase its wealth through trade.

Combination of the words merchant and ism

A deragatory term for a Jew

A bussinessperson engaged in the wholesale purchase for profit.

1. A person who deals in goods of the kind or otherwise by his occupation holds himself as having knowledge or skill peculiar to the practices or goods involved in the transaction or to whom such knowledge or skill may be attributed by his employment of an agent or broker or other intermediary who by his occupation holds himself out as having such knowledge or skill - Uniform Commercial Code 2-104.

2. A famous streetballer in the Feudal Lords, Daniel Gurrisi.

3. The bartering of moves on the basketball courts.

A specialised term used in the game of cricket when one team attains a moral victory over the succesful opposition. In that the game was lost but a moral victory can be taken away from the game.