m 3 e 1 r 1 c 3 h 4 a 1 n 1 d 2 i 1 s 1 i 1 n 1 g 2
13 letters · 22 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money
verb engage in the trade of
originFrom Late Middle English marchaundising (“commerce, trading; commodities, goods; (plural) dealings with other persons”) [and other forms], from marchaundisen (“to engage in commerce, traffic”) (see further at merchandise (verb)) + -ing (suffix forming gerunds). The English word is analysable as merchandise + -ing (suffix forming nouns from verbs).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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