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MERCANTILE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or characteristic of trade or traders
Example:
the mercantile North was forging ahead
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Similar:
commercial (connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Profit oriented
Example:
a moneymaking business
Synonyms:
mercantile; mercenary; moneymaking
Classified under:
Similar:
commercial (connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of or relating to the economic system of mercantilism
Example:
mercantile system
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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
mercantilism (an economic system (Europe in 18th century) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests)
