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An example use of merchandise in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… discounts on merchandise and other …”
Merchandise is the goods that are sold by a company or person.
the word merchandise occurs in english on average 5.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.