ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

trade, traffic, buy and sell, give and take, nundinate † ; carry on a trade, ply a trade,
drive a trade; be in business, be in the city; keep a shop, deal in, employ one's capital in.
trade with, deal with, have dealings with; transact business with, do business with;
open an account with, keep an account with.
bargain; drive a bargain, make a bargain; negotiate, bid for; haggle, higgle † ; dicker
[U.S.]; chaffer, huckster, cheapen, beat down; stickle, stickle for; out bid, under bid; ask,
charge; strike a bargain &c (contract) 769.
speculate, give a sprat to catch a herring; buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest
market, buy low and sell high; corner the market; rig the market, stag the market.
Adj. commercial, mercantile, trading; interchangeable, marketable, staple, in the market,
for sale.
wholesale, retail.
Adv. across the counter.
Phr. cambio non e furto [It].
795. Purchase -- N. purchase, emption † ; buying, purchasing, shopping; preemption,
refusal.
coemption † , bribery; slave trade.
buyer, purchaser, emptor, vendee; patron, employer, client, customer, clientele.
V. buy, purchase, invest in, procure; rent &c (hire) 788; repurchase, buy in.
keep in one's pay, bribe, suborn; pay &c 807; spend &c 809.
make a purchase, complete a purchase; buy over the counter.
shop, market, go shopping.
Adj. purchased &c v..
Phr. caveat emptor; the customer is always right.
796. Sale -- N. sale, vent, disposal; auction, roup, Dutch auction; outcry, vendue † ; custom
&c (traffic) 794.
vendibility, vendibleness † .
seller; vender, vendor; merchant &c 797; auctioneer.
V. sell, vend, dispose of, effect a sale; sell over the counter, sell by auction &c n.;
dispense, retail; deal in &c 794; sell off, sell out; turn into money, realize; bring to the
hammer, bring under the hammer, put up to auction, put up for auction; offer for sale, put
up for sale; hawk, bring to market; offer &c 763; undersell.
let; mortgage &c (security) 771.
Adj. under the hammer, on the market, for sale.
salable, marketable, vendible; unsalable &c unpurchased † , unbought; on one's hands.
Phr. chose qui plait est a demi vendue [Fr.].
797. Merchant -- N. merchant, trader, dealer, monger, chandler, salesman; changer;
regrater † ; shopkeeper, shopman † ; tradesman, tradespeople, tradesfolk.
retailer; chapman, hawker, huckster, higgler † ; pedlar, colporteur, cadger, Autolycus † ;
sutler † , vivandiere † ; costerman † , costermonger † ; tallyman; camelot; faker; vintner.
money broker, money changer, money lender; cambist † , usurer, moneyer † , banker.
jobber; broker &c (agent) 758; buyer &c 795; seller &c 796; bear, bull.
concern; firm &c (partnership) 712.