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Picture goods laid out for sale — on shelves, in a window, at a stall — things that exist in order to be bought. Merchandise is that stock seen from the seller's side. The verb takes the same scene and adds the effort: arranging, advertising, and displaying so the goods actually move.

可以想成：擺出來要賣的東西——在架上、在櫥窗裡、在攤位上，它們存在的目的就是被買走。merchandise 就是從賣…更多收起可以想成：擺出來要賣的東西——在架上、在櫥窗裡、在攤位上，它們存在的目的就是被買走。merchandise 就是從賣方角度看的那批貨。動詞用的是同一個畫面，再加上「動手」的部分：怎麼陳列、怎麼打廣告、怎麼讓東西真的賣得動。

原始詞典資料9 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

merchandisenoun詞源 1/ˈmɜː.t͡ʃənˌdaɪs/

  • 1

    Goods which are or were offered or intended for sale.

    • Good business depends on having good merchandise.
    • So, if a Sonne that is by his Father ſent about Merchandize, doe ſinfully miſcarry vpon the Sea; the imputation of his vvickedneſſe, by your rule, ſhould be impoſed vpon his Father that ſent him: […]
  • 2

    Commercial goods connected (branded) with an entity such as a team, band, company, charity, work of fiction, festival, or meme. (Commonly shortened to merch.)

  • 3

    archaicA commodity offered for sale; an article of commerce; a kind of merchandise.

    • Would we then see in what sence heavenly things may be called a merchandise, and in what sence not; this is easy to him that will understand.
    • What security was there that she might not be a very unfit person, one who had made a merchandise of her charms, the child itself being the offspring of some accidental connexion?
  • 4

    archaicThe act or business of trading; trade; traffic.

merchandiseverb詞源 2/ˈmɜːt͡ʃəndaɪz/

  • 1

    archaicTo engage in trade; to carry on commerce.

  • 2

    To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of goods, as by display and arrangement of goods.

    • He started his career merchandising in a small clothing store chain.
  • 3

    archaicTo engage in the trade of.

  • 4

    To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of.

    • He got hired to merchandise some new sporting goods lines.
  • 5

    To promote as if for sale.

    • The record companies don't get as good a return on merchandising artists under contract.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。