commission agent vs merchant

commission agent

noun
  • A merchant earning a commission by selling goods belonging to others. 

  • An agent entrusted with the possession of goods to be sold in the agent's name. 

  • A person entrusted with a confidential task, often secretly to place a bet. 

merchant

noun
  • A person who traffics in commodities for profit. 

  • A trading vessel; a merchantman. 

  • Someone who is noted for a stated type of activity or behaviour. 

  • The owner or operator of a retail business. 

verb
  • As a resident of a region, to buy goods from a non-resident and sell them to another non-resident. 

How often have the words commission agent and merchant occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )