merchantry
noun/ˈmɜː(ɹ)t͡ʃəntɹi/
Etymology From merchant + -ry.
1
Dated, Usually The body of merchants taken collectively.
- the merchantry of a country
2
Dated, Usually The business of a merchant; merchandise.
- I wish human wit, which is really very considerable in mechanics and merchantry, could devise some method of cultivating canes and making sugar without the manual labour of the human species.1789, Horace Walpole, letter to Miss Hannah More: