general merchandise

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meaningsofgeneralandmerchandise

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general
adjective
uk
/ˈdʒen.ər.əl/us
/ˈdʒen.ər.əl/
involving or relating to most or all people, things, or places, especially when these are considered as ...
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merchandise
noun[U]
uk
/ˈmɜː.tʃən.daɪz/uk
/ˈmɜː.tʃən.daɪs/us
/ˈmɝː.tʃən.daɪz/us
/ˈmɝː.tʃən.daɪs/
goods that are bought ...
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(Definition ofgeneralandmerchandisefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgeneral merchandise

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Out of that £65,000,000 only £8,000,000 or £8,500,000 is applicable to the conveyance ofgeneralmerchandise.
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The business of the railways consists roughly of one-third passengers, one-thirdgeneralmerchandiseand one-third coal.
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So the congestion, so far as it is due to the requirement of wagons forgeneralmerchandisewould be done away with entirely.
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But it must be remembered that we are not setting up one vast monopoly for the transport of freight andgeneralmerchandise.
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But, in addition, an efficient through service also depends on bulkinggeneralmerchandisefor trunk hauling in unit loads and in particular in containers.
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The carriage of goods other than coal and minerals—that is,generalmerchandise—on railways is appreciably up.
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That is why thegeneralmerchandiseinterests of the country have so far been powerful enough to prevent legislation of this description.
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The severe fall, of course, took place ingeneralmerchandise.
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A small increase in the minerals traffic may be expected, but it is ingeneralmerchandisethat the railways will succeed in their freight operation.
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We suffer from the highestgeneralmerchandiserates in the world.
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How are we to meet this gap in the requirement for exports of ourgeneralmerchandise?
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Looking at the transport situation generally, it seems as though long-distance road transport is able to handle fairly successfully thegeneralmerchandise.
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It may or may not be desirable to includegeneralmerchandisein this system of marking, hut it.
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It has been much exaggerated, so far asgeneralmerchandiseis concerned.
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I have already asserted that, in my view, the prices of clothing andgeneralmerchandisehave been allowed to reach too high a level.
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Private road hauliers are running on routes where thegeneralmerchandisewishes to move.
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None of these isgeneralmerchandise.
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But, on the freight side we already have a technological development which the railways are capable of exploiting to the full—and that is the containerisation ofgeneralmerchandise.
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Trucks, as a general rule, can carry 10 or 12 tons; but what is the average load ofgeneralmerchandisecarried by those trucks?
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The suggestion has been made that the decrease has been over-estimated, in passengers, by £2,500,000, in mineral traffic by £1 million, and in classes 7 to 21—generalmerchandise—by £1 million.
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