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merchandise, merchandize

In Canadian usage, the nouns merchandise and merchandiser, as well as the verb merchandise and its forms, are all spelled with an s rather than a z. (However, an accepted American spelling variant for the verb is merchandize.)

  • Drew has years of experience with electrical merchandise.
  • Van Doren’s is a merchandiser of imported Dutch food.
  • Catriona is now the merchandising manager.
  • What is the best way to merchandise this new line of sports equipment?
  • Gerard merchandised the new software program throughout North America.