Meaning of merchantry | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The body of merchants taken collectively.
   dated, uncountable, usually
2. The business of a merchant; merchandise.
   dated, uncountable, usually

Examples

“the merchantry of a country”

“I wish human wit, which is really very considerable in mechanics and merchantry, could devise some method of cultivating canes and making sugar without the manual labour of the human species.”

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