# merchant

'merchant' is an out-dated term for 'seller'.

## Expected Types

| Type | Description |
|------|-------------|
| [Organization](https://schema.org.ai/Organization) | An organization such as a school, NGO, corporation, club, etc. |
| [Person](https://schema.org.ai/Person) | A person (alive, dead, undead, or fictional). |

## Used on Types

| Type | Description |
|------|-------------|
| [Order](https://schema.org.ai/Order) | An order is a confirmation of a transaction (a receipt), which can contain multiple line items, each represented by an Offer that has been accepted by the customer. |

**Superseded by:** [seller](https://schema.org.ai/seller)

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Quoted from Schema.org 30.1, https://schema.org/merchant, under CC BY-SA 3.0. Served by the Org.AI Foundation at https://schema.org.ai/merchant.