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waÌ‚rz (מקּחה, makÌ£kÌ£aÌ„hÌ£aÌ„h, מכר, mekher, ממכּר, mimkaÌ„r, ×›Ö¼× ×¢×”, kin‛aÌ„h, מעשׂה, ma‛ăseh, עזּבון, ‛izzaÌ„bhoÌ„n, כּלי, kelı̄): (1) makÌ£kÌ£aÌ„hÌ£aÌ„h, something received or purchased (); (2) mekher, “price†or “pay,†value, merchandise (); (3) mimkaÌ„r, a “selling,†the thing sold (); (4) kin‛aÌ„h, a “package,†hence, wares (); (5) ma‛ăseh, “transaction,†activity, property, possession, work, occupation, thing made, deed, business (, ); (6) ‛izzaÌ„bhoÌ„n, “selling,†trade, revenue, mart, letting go for a price (); (7) kelı̄, a “prepared†something, as an implement, tool, weapon, utensil, armor, furniture, sack, vessel, hence, wares (). In most cases the real sense is merchandise (see MERCHANDISE). “That which did not a little amuse the Merchandizers (in Vanity-Fair) was, that these Pilgrims set very light by all their Wares; they cared not so much as to look upon them†(Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress).