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

798. Merchandise -- N. merchandise, ware, commodity, effects, goods, article, stock,
product, produce, staple commodity; stock in trade &c (store) 636; cargo &c (contents)
190.
799. Mart -- N. mart; market, marketplace; fair, bazaar, staple, exchange, change,
bourse, hall, guildhall; tollbooth, customhouse; Tattersall's.
stall, booth, stand, newsstand; cart, wagon.
wharf; office, chambers, countinghouse, bureau; counter, compter [Fr.].
shop, emporium, establishment; store &c 636; department store, general store, five
and ten, variety store, co-op, finding store [U.S.], grindery warehouse † .
[food stores: list] grocery, supermarket, candy store, sweet shop, confectionery,
bakery, greengrocer, delicatessen, bakeshop, butcher shop, fish store, farmers' market,
mom and pop store, dairy, health food store.
[specialized stores: list] tobacco shop, tobacco store, tobacconists, cigar store,
hardware store, jewelry shop, bookstore, liquor store, gun shop, rod and reel shop,
furniture store, drugstore, chemist's [Brit.], florist, flower shop, shoe store, stationer,
stationer's, electronics shop, telephone store, music store, record shop, fur store, sporting
goods store, video store, video rental store; lumber store, lumber yard, home
improvements store, home improvement center; gas station, auto repair shop, auto dealer,
used car dealer.
mall, suburban mall, commons, pedestrian mall; shopping street.
surplus store, army-navy surplus store.
[locations where used articles are sold] auction; flea market; yard sale, garage sale;
pawn shop; antiques store; second-hand store, second time around shop, thrift shop.
warehouse, wareroom † ; depot, interposit † , entrepot [Fr.].
market-overt.
real-estate broker.
vending machine.
799a. Stock Market [specialized markets for financial instruments] -- N. stock market,
stock exchange, securities exchange; bourse, board; the big board, the New York Stock
Exchange; the market, the open market; over-the-counter market; privately traded issues.
commodities exchange, futures exchange, futures market.
the pit, the floor.
ticker, stock ticker, quotation; stock index, market index, the Dow Jones Index, the
Dow Industrials, the transportation index, utilities, the utilities index; the New York
Stock Exchange index, the Nikkei index [Jap.Tr.]; the Financial Times index, the FTI
[Brit.], the over-the-counter index, NASDAQ index.
[person or firm trading securities] broker, stockbroker, jobber, stock dealer, odd-lot
dealer; specialist.
[person who buys or sells stocks] investor, speculator, operator; bull, buyer; bear,
short seller; scalper, arbitrager † , arbitrageur † ; stockholder, share-holder, stockholder of
record; bond holder, coupon-clipper [Sarc.].
investment; speculation.