merce

See also: mercé, mérce, mercê, mērce, mērcē, and Mercè

English

Etymology

See amerce.

Verb

merce (third-person singular simple present merces, present participle mercing, simple past and past participle merced)

  1. (obsolete) To subject to fine or amercement; to mulct; to amerce.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for merce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin mercem, accusative form of merx (“merchandise”, “goods”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛr.t͡ʃe/, [ˈmɛr̺t͡ʃe]
  • Stress: mèrce
  • Hyphenation: mer‧ce

Noun

merce f (plural merci)

  1. goods, wares, merchandise, products, commodities

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Latin

Noun

merce

  1. ablative singular of merx

Old Occitan

Noun

merce f (oblique plural merces, nominative singular merce, nominative plural merces)

  1. mercy; clemency

Portuguese

Noun

merce f (plural merces)

  1. Obsolete spelling of mercê
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