We must therefore consider merchants as the natural representative of all these classes of the community.... [T]he representative body, with too few exceptions to have any influence on the spirit of the government, will be composed of land-holders, merchants, and men of the learned professions.
Consider merchanting items.
But I consider a merchant someone who has a certain intuition and instinct, and — very important — knows how to run a business, knows the numbers.
On his return, Ackroyd, then 24, faced a number of career choices and even considered becoming a merchant banker.
He began by saying "we do not consider ourselves merchants of deaths and ended by promising our friend that if he didn't play ball he would track him to the ends of the earth.
I might stay out an extra day.' " In considering online merchants that could take part in the campaign, Mr. Schoenberg says that 1-800-Flowers is "a natural" because the company is "the big player" in ordering floral gifts.
Years ago, merchants considered moving to the Bronx Terminal Market or College Point, Queens, where rents were cheap and condominium dwellers did not tread.
In 2000, Ms. Baldwin helped organize the Million Auction March, which was meant to lead eBay auction sellers to Yahoo, Amazon and other sites, to penalize eBay for policies and fee structures that the auction merchants considered too onerous.
With one third the retail space of existing regional megamalls, which have a million square feet or more, these hybrids exclude "big box" department stores like Macy's as anchors, considered mass-market merchants, preferring higher-end chains like Williams-Sonoma, which owns Pottery Barn.
This is not the first time the produce merchants have considered such a move.
