Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Merchandise

Merchandise , noun

[French marchandise, Old French marcheandise.]

1.
The objects of commerce; whatever is usually bought or sold in trade, or market, or by merchants; wares; goods; commodities. — Spenser
2.
The act or business of trading; trade; traffic.

Merchandise , intransitive verb

To trade; to carry on commerce. — Bacon

Merchandise , transitive verb

To make merchandise of; to buy and sell.
Love is merchandised. — Shakespeare