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mercantile
[ mur-kuhn-teel, -tahyl, -til ]
adjective
- of or relating to merchants or trade; commercial.
- engaged in trade or commerce:
a mercantile nation.
- Economics. of or relating to the mercantile system.
mercantile
/ ˈmɜːkənˌtaɪl /
adjective
- of, relating to, or characteristic of trade or traders; commercial
- of or relating to mercantilism
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Other Words From
- non·mercan·tile adjective
- quasi-mercan·tile adjective
- un·mercan·tile adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mercantile1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mercantile1
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Example Sentences
Copyright renewed 1969 by August Mencken and Mercantile Safe Deposit Trust Co.
The gulf between mercantile hubs and the polities in which they are lodged is not new.
J. Crew Mercantile, which as of late has only become a name trademarked by the company, could be the next big thing.
Statements rendered by mercantile or collection agencies to inquirers for business purposes are clearly privileged.
With no mercantile marine of their own to guard, they had a free field for attack in the abundant shipping of their foes.
He had been connected with the mercantile marine of New York from an early age.
Above, in the lower lofts, every conceivable human oddity was assembled in a sort of mercantile crazy quilt.
She thought it was some mercantile speculation which led me from home, and, as you may believe, I did not undeceive her.
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