All English words - page 2129

Meanings of Mercedarian:

noun

A member of the order of our lady of mercy (also called our lady of ransom), a religious institution founded by st peter nolasco in barcelona in the early 13th century to free christians taken prisoner by the muslims, which subsequently turned chiefly to charitable activities, such as hospital work.

Meanings of Mercenarily:

adverb

In a mercenary manner.

Meanings of Mercer:

noun

A dealer in textile fabrics, especially silks, velvets, and other fine materials.

Usage examples:

Allders started life in 1862 when 24-year-old joshua allder set up a linen draper and silk mercer a…

Meanings of Mercerization:

noun

The process of treating cotton yarn or fabric (often under tension) with a concentrated solution of sodium hydroxide or other base, in order to impart strength and lustre and to increase affinity for dyes.

Meanings of Mercerized:

adjective

(of cotton fabric or thread) treated under tension with caustic alkali to impart strength and lustre.

Usage examples:

Shorts in white mercerized cotton

Meanings of Mercerizes:

verb

To treat (cotton yarn or fabric) by the process of mercerization.

Meanings of Mercerizing:

noun

= mercerization .

Meanings of Mercers:

noun

A dealer in textile fabrics, especially silks, velvets, and other fine materials.

Usage examples:

Allders started life in 1862 when 24-year-old joshua allder set up a linen draper and silk mercer a…

Meanings of Merch:

noun

Short for merchandise.

Usage examples:

Any merch involving elvis, the beatles, the stones, led zeppelin, or punk-rock legends moves quickly

Meanings of Merchandise:

noun

Goods to be bought and sold.

Usage examples:

Shops which offered an astonishing range of merchandise

verb

Promote the sale of (goods), especially by their presentation in retail outlets.

Usage examples:

A new breakfast food can easily be merchandised

Meanings of Merchandisers:

noun

A person or organization that sells products

Usage examples:

The merchandiser said demand for products from the film had been significantly less than expected.,…

Meanings of Merchandises:

verb

Promote the sale of (goods), especially by their presentation in retail outlets.

Usage examples:

A new breakfast food can easily be merchandised

noun

Goods to be bought and sold.

Usage examples:

Shops which offered an astonishing range of merchandise

Meanings of Merchant:

noun

A person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially one dealing with foreign countries or supplying goods to a particular trade.

Usage examples:

A builders' merchant

adjective

(in historical contexts) relating to merchants or commerce.

Usage examples:

The growth of the merchant classes

Meanings of Merchant-bank:

noun

A bank that does business with large companies and governments, providing them with finance and with advice relating especially to shares, bonds, etc. and takeovers (= occasions when one company buys another)

Usage examples:

The company has called in a city merchant bank to advise on its options., he spent a year in bombay…

Meanings of Merchantable:

adjective

Suitable for sale.

Usage examples:

Goods must be of merchantable quality

Meanings of Merchanting:

noun

The action or practice of selling a product or products; the business of a trader or merchant.

adjective

Involved with the sale of a product or products; engaged in trade.

Meanings of Merchantly:

adjective

Of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a merchant. occasionally depreciative.

Meanings of Merchantman:

noun

A ship carrying merchandise.

Usage examples:

More than 50 british warships, survey vessels, training ships and auxiliaries will be joined by mor…

Meanings of Merchants:

noun

A person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially one dealing with foreign countries or supplying goods to a particular trade.

Usage examples:

A builders' merchant

adjective

(in historical contexts) relating to merchants or commerce.

Usage examples:

The growth of the merchant classes

Meanings of Merchet:

noun

A fine paid by a tenant or bondsman to his overlord for the right to give his daughter in marriage.

Meanings of Merci:

exclamation

Thank you.

Usage examples:

Merci for visiting my blog

Meanings of Merciable:

adjective

Merciful, compassionate.

Meanings of Mercies:

noun

Compassion or forgiveness shown towards someone whom it is within one's power to punish or harm.

Usage examples:

The boy was screaming and begging for mercy

exclamation

Used in expressions of surprise or fear.

Usage examples:

‘mercy me!’ uttered mrs diggory

idiom

If someone should be grateful/thankful for small mercies, they should be grateful for something because it is not as bad as it could have been

Usage examples:

She wasn't badly hurt in the accident, so we're grateful for small mercies.

Meanings of Merciful:

adjective

Showing or exercising mercy.

Usage examples:

William did not believe in being merciful to those who fought against him

Meanings of Merciless:

adjective

Showing no mercy.

Usage examples:

A merciless attack with a blunt instrument