Merchant vs. Vendor

Merchantnoun

A person who traffics in commodities for profit.

Merchantnoun

The owner or operator of a retail business.

Merchantnoun

A trading vessel; a merchantman.

Merchantnoun

(obsolete) A supercargo.

Merchantverb

As a resident of a region, to buy goods from a non-resident and sell them to another non-resident.

Merchantnoun

One who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; a trafficker; a trader.

Merchantnoun

A trading vessel; a merchantman.

Merchantnoun

One who keeps a store or shop for the sale of goods; a shopkeeper.

Merchantadjective

Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as, the merchant service.

Merchantverb

To be a merchant; to trade.

Merchantnoun

a businessperson engaged in retail trade

Merchantnoun

a person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially one dealing with foreign countries or supplying goods to a particular trade

Merchantnoun

a retail trader

Merchantnoun

a person who deals in something unpleasant

Merchantnoun

(in historical contexts) a person involved in trade or commerce

Merchantnoun

a person who has a liking for a particular activity

Merchantadjective

(in historical contexts) relating to merchants or commerce

Merchantadjective

(of ships, sailors, or shipping activity) involved with commerce rather than military activity

Merchant

A merchant is a person who trades in commodities produced by other people, especially one who trades with foreign countries. Historically, a merchant is anyone who is involved in business or trade.

Vendornoun

A person or a company that vends or sells.

Vendornoun

A vending machine.

Vendorverb

To bundle third-party dependencies with the source code for one's own program.

Vendorverb

As the software vendor, to bundle one's own, possibly modified version of dependencies with a standard program.

Vendornoun

A vender; a seller; the correlative of vendee.

Vendornoun

someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money

Vendornoun

a person or company offering something for sale, especially a trader in the street

Vendornoun

the seller in a sale, especially of property.

Vendor

In a supply chain, a vendor, or a seller, is an enterprise that contributes goods or services. Generally, a supply chain vendor manufactures inventory/stock items and sells them to the next link in the chain.