merchandize

merchandize (countable and uncountable, plural merchandizes)

1. Obsolete spelling of merchandise.
   • 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 84, column 2:

     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: […]

   • 1745, Guy Miege, The Present State of Great Britain, and Ireland, page 443:

     [T]he Bay of Galway [is] so well seated for Merchandize, that it has been lookd on as the greatest Place of Trade in all Ireland; insomuch that a forane Merchant meeting an Irishman, asked him in what Part of Galway Ireland stood?

   • 1854, Henry A. Stern, Dawnings of Light in the East‎^[1], page 46:

     They have their stored booths in every bazaar, occupy all the principal caravanseries with their merchandize, and entirely control the business of bankerage and monopolies.

   • 2025 August 20, Caroline Hardie, “The railway that changed the world”, in RAIL, number 1042, page 60:

     The first Act of Parliament (1821) had set out a wide range of things the railway could carry, and in the subsequent 1823 Act this was summarised as "Goods, Merchandize, and other Articles and Things upon and along the same Roads, and for the Conveyance of Passengers..."

merchandize (third-person singular simple present merchandizes, present participle merchandizing, simple past and past participle merchandized)

1. (US) Alternative spelling of merchandise; to engage in selling of merchandise.

• This is commonly proscribed as a spelling error of merchandise despite its prevalence.

• Jesse Karjalainen (2012), The Joy Of English: 100 Illuminating Conversations about the English Language, How To Books Ltd, →ISBN: “The same exceptions exist in US spelling -ize, although it is common to see certain nonstandard spellings, such as advertize, merchandize and televize.”