A shopkeeper and a merchant are related but not exactly the same. A shopkeeper typically refers to someone who owns or operates a retail store, selling goods directly to consumers. In contrast, a merchant is a broader term that encompasses anyone engaged in the trade of goods, including wholesalers, importers, and exporters, who may not necessarily have a physical storefront. Therefore, while all shopkeepers can be considered merchants, not all merchants are shopkeepers.
There is NO direct opposite for the word shopkeeper. But if you think of a shopkeeper as a seller or business person selling wares, then the opposites would be a buyer or customer.
merchant intermediary
Is it shown on your bank or credit card statements,
This would be someone who sells an item to a merchant so the merchant can sell it to you. We call them "wholesalers" and they don't sell to the general public. They only sell to people who own stores.
Shop keeper is one possibility.
merchant, trader, storekeeper, retailer, shopkeeper, dealer
Merchant Seaman Protection and the Jones act are the same thing. Their primary function is to protect sailors that get injured on the job so that they can get coverage for injuries and lost time.
Most likely the same thing as Antonio did.
One who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; a trafficker; a trader., A trading vessel; a merchantman., One who keeps a store or shop for the sale of goods; a shopkeeper., Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as, the merchant service., To be a merchant; to trade.
A shopkeeper.
As a verb: I had to bargain with the shopkeeper. As a noun: This thing that I bought was a bargain.
There are two places this word came from: 1. From the Anglo-Frank word "marchaunt" meaning "shopkeeper." 2. From the Latin word "mercatare" meaning "to trade"
Just as today, it depended on the scale of your activities. A shopkeeper had about the same status as a shopkeeper today. A merchant responsible for large-scale food imports for Rome would be a wealthy man with a corresponding status. Only merchants who were captains of their own vessels would often be low-status, if only because it was generally known that many would be pirates as well, given the occasion.
One who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; a trafficker; a trader., A trading vessel; a merchantman., One who keeps a store or shop for the sale of goods; a shopkeeper., Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as, the merchant service., To be a merchant; to trade.
The shopkeeper forgot to give me my change.She was a shopkeeper for about three years.
A merchant belonged to the guild. The guild was like a union.
Yes he was a shopkeeper.