Shortly before had he abolished the old tradition of granting exclusive trade rights to private merchants.

These agents either served trading houses or operated off of commissions from other private merchants' transactions.

When the king needed to wage war by sea, he relied on the temporary services of private merchant and fishing ships.

The purser bought everything (except food and drink) on credit, acting almost as a private merchant.

Chinese paper money was guaranteed by the State and not by the private merchant or private banker.

The raw material, tires and oil, start out as the property of a municipality or a private merchant.

The administration of the Grand Canal was made more efficient, and transport opened to private merchants.

Some of our number went to be slaves for private merchants.

The dollar sign ("$") was in common use among private merchants during the middle of the 18th century.

"This isn't separation of church and state; this is a private merchant."