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Passport :: Passport (n.) A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to certify their nationality and protect them from belligerents; a sea letter..

Scavage :: Scavage (n.) A toll or duty formerly exacted of merchant strangers by mayors, sheriffs, etc., for goods shown or offered for sale within their precincts..

Merchant :: Merchant (n.) One who keeps a store or shop for the sale of goods; a shopkeeper.

Consulage :: Consulage (n.) A duty or tax paid by merchants for the protection of their commerce by means of a consul in a foreign place.

Unsalable :: Unsalable (a.) Not salable; unmerchantable.

Staple :: Staple (n.) A settled mart; an emporium; a city or town to which merchants brought commodities for sale or exportation in bulk; a place for wholesale traffic.

Bilander :: Bilander (n.) A small two-masted merchant vessel, fitted only for coasting, or for use in canals, as in Holland..

Commodore :: Commodore (n.) A title given by courtesy to the senior captain of a line of merchant vessels, and also to the chief officer of a yachting or rowing club..

Rate :: Rate (n.) The class of a merchant vessel for marine insurance, determined by its relative safety as a risk, as A1, A2, etc..

Argosy :: Argosy (n.) A large ship, esp. a merchant vessel of the largest size..

Galley :: Galley (n.) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; -- sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.

Address :: Address (v.) To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor; as, the ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore..

Merchant :: Merchant (n.) A trading vessel; a merchantman.

Hansard :: Hansard (n.) A merchant of one of the Hanse towns. See the Note under 2d Hanse.

Mercantile :: Mercantile (a.) Of or pertaining to merchants, or the business of merchants; having to do with trade, or the buying and selling of commodities; commercial..

Carry :: Carry (v. t.) To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another; as, a merchant is carrying a large stock; a farm carries a mortgage; a broker carries stock for a customer; to carry a life insurance..

Countingroom :: Countingroom (v.) The house or room in which a merchant, trader, or manufacturer keeps his books and transacts business..

Tolsey :: Tolsey (n.) A tollbooth; also, a merchants' meeting place, or exchange..

Importer :: Importer (n.) One who imports; the merchant who brings goods into a country or state; -- opposed to exporter.

Prince :: Prince (a.) The chief of any body of men; one at the head of a class or profession; one who is preeminent; as, a merchant prince; a prince of players..

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