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"merchandise" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often goods (5 letters).
Definitions
engage in the trade of
Word origin
From Middle English marchaundisen (“to engage in commerce, traffic”), from marchaundise (noun) (see etymology 1) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive of verbs).
Used in a sentence
“Good business depends on having good merchandise.”
“So, if a Sonne that is by his Father ſent about Merchandize, doe ſinfully miſcarry vpon the Sea; the imputation of his vvickedneſſe, by your rule, ſhould be impoſed vpon his Father that ſent him: […]”
“Would we then see in what sence heavenly things may be called a merchandise, and in what sence not; this is easy to him that will understand.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Store stock”11 letters
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