Mer"ce*na`ri*ly (?), adv. In a mercenary manner.
Mer"ce*na*ri*ness, n. The quality or state of being mercenary;
venality. Boyle.
Mer"ce*na*ry (?), a. [OE. mercenarie, F. mercenaire, fr. L.
mercenarius, fr. merces wages, reward. See Mercy.] 1. Acting for
reward; serving for pay; paid; hired; hireling; venal; as, mercenary
soldiers.
2. Hence: Moved by considerations of pay or profit; greedy of gain;
sordid; selfish. Shak.
For God forbid I should my papers blot With mercenary lines, with
servile pen.
Daniel.
Syn. -- See Venal.
Mer"ce*na*ry (?), n.; pl. Mercenaries (&?;). One who is hired; a
hireling; especially, a soldier hired into foreign service. Milman.
Mer"cer (?), n. [F. mercier, fr. L. merx, mercis, wares, merchandise.
See Merchant.] Originally, a dealer in any kind of goods or wares; now
restricted to a dealer in textile fabrics, as silks or woolens. [Eng.]
Mer"cer*ship, n. The business of a mercer.
Mer"cer*y (?), n. [F. mercerie.] The trade of mercers; the goods in
which a mercer deals.
Mer"chand (?), v. i. [F. marchander. See Merchant.] To traffic. [Obs.]
Bacon.
Mer"chan*di`sa*ble (?), a. Such as can be used or transferred as
merchandise.
Mer"chan*dise (?), n. [F. marchandise, OF. marcheandise.] 1. The
objects of commerce; whatever is usually bought or sold in trade, or
market, or by merchants; wares; goods; commodities. Spenser.