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1. (adj.) mercantile
of or pertaining to merchants or trade; commercial.
2. mercantile
of or pertaining to mercantilism.
Etymology: (1635–45; < F < It, =mercant(e) (< L mercāns, prp. of mercāri to trade; see merchant ) +-ile -ile2)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) mercantile
of or relating to the economic system of mercantilism
"mercantile theories"; "mercantile system"
2. (adj) mercantile, mercenary, moneymaking(a)
profit oriented
"a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan; "a mercenary enterprise"; "a moneymaking business"
3. (adj) mercantile
relating to or characteristic of trade or traders
"the mercantile North was forging ahead"- Van Wyck Brooks
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1. (adj) mercantile
of or pertaining to merchants, or the business of merchants; having to do with trade, or the buying and selling of commodities; commercial
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