GBC
Quantity & Count

Chapman’s Dozen

Modern equivalent

13 units

A 13-unit trade bonus or wholesale allowance used by travelling peddlers and hawkers.

Used by itinerant merchants and chapmen travelling rural trade routes, this extra unit functioned as an early form of commercial discount or incentive for retail shopkeepers buying stock in bulk.

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