A bank which provides financial services for businesses.

A marine cargo vessel.

civilian naval fleet dedicated to the sea transport of goods and merchandise

A ship dedicated to commercial, rather than military, purposes. / (uncountable) Synonym of merchant navy. The fleet considered as an entire combined force.

plural of merchant ship

plural of merchant banker

plural of merchant bank

plural of merchant prince

(historical or figuratively) A mercantile plutocrat: a man who wields great de facto political power by virtue of economic assets derived from trade and commerce.

(historical) A late-medieval organiser of trading expeditions, especially one belonging to the Society of Merchant Venturers.