She is like the merchant ships. She brings her bread from afar.

She is like the merchants' ships she bringeth her food from afar.

Who is this who comes up from the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all spices of the merchant?

Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?

Harley Davidson, like the auto manufacturers, records a sale not when a consumer buys their product, but rather when it is delivered to a dealer.

In other words, Germany s role in the world economy is shifting from that of a producer to that of a merchant.

However, her rescuer sold her to a Jewish merchant who was then threatened by a corrupt Grand Inquisitor into sharing her.

The dealer is required, under the current firearms regulations, to submit a monthly return to the Commissioner of Police of their firearms stock.

Instead, the dealer turned out to be an undercover police officer, and the consequent air attack claimed the lives of fourteen guerrilla fighters belonging to the FARC s fifth front.

By contrast, it s hard to imagine going to a car dealer and being advised that you don t really need a new car.

Textile workers would often work from home, buying raw cotton from a merchant, spinning it and weaving it into cloth at home, before selling it on.

Article 1 of the new Commercial Code provides that a trader is any natural or legal person who engages in trading activity in his name or on his own account as his occupation .

He chose the name Gardner Rich for the company because he considers Marc Rich, the commodities trader pardoned by former president Bill Clinton in 2001, one of the most successful futures traders in the world.

Tapes released by a former business partner of the Sheikh, and broadcast last week by US network ABC, showed the UAE Sheikh personally torturing an Afghan trader over a missing load of grain.

The Lebanese merchant, on the other hand, will try every trick in the book to outbid, outsmart, outwit and outdo the customer such that he comes up on top and still manages to convince the customer of the great bargain he has made. Case in point Canned Lebanese Air, or Hawa Lebnan.

Robert Gordon's College (originally Robert Gordon's Hospital) was founded in 1750 by the merchant Robert Gordon, grandson of the map maker Robert Gordon of Straloch, and was further endowed in 1816 by Alexander Simpson of Collyhill.

That is no more than one would expect from a doctor who is true to the ethics of the profession, my medical friends tell me. By contrast, it s hard to imagine going to a car dealer and being advised that you don t really need a new car.