wares

wares

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛə(r)z
• Homophones: wears, warez, where's (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Noun

wares

1. plural of ware
2. (plural only) Goods or services that are for sale.

   The square was filled with booths, with vendors offering their wares.

   • 2011 October 26, “Report of the Interdepartmental Working Committee on Mortgage Arrears”, in Dáil Éireann:

     I call on the Minister to ensure good regulation is applied to moneylenders and so-called independent money advisers, many of whom are former bankers peddling their wares

Hyponyms

• (goods for sale): merchandise, products

Translations

goods for sale

Bashkir: тауар (tawar) Esperanto: komercaĵo Greek: Ancient: φορτία n pl (phortía) Icelandic: vörur (is) f pl, varningur (is) m Ido: vari (io)

Latin: merx f Latvian: prece (lv) f Romanian: marfe f pl Russian: това́р (ru) (továr) Scottish Gaelic: bathar m Spanish: mercancías (es) f pl

See also

• warez

Anagrams

• resaw, sawer, sware, swear, wears