Definitions for Commercial
kəˈmɜr ʃəlcom·mer·cial

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 4 votes

1. commercial, commercial messageadjective

   a commercially sponsored ad on radio or television

2. commercialadjective

   connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises

   "commercial trucker"; "commercial TV"; "commercial diamonds"

3. commercialadjective

   of or relating to commercialism

   "a commercial attache"; "commercial paper"; "commercial law"

4. commercial, commercial-gradeadjective

   of the kind or quality used in commerce; average or inferior

   "commercial grade of beef"; "commercial oxalic acid"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.1 / 7 votes

1. commercialnoun

   An advertisement in a common media format, usually radio or television.

2. commercialadjective

   Of or pertaining to commerce.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Commercialadjective

   Relating to commerce or traffick.

   Etymology: from commerce.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.7 / 3 votes

1. Commercialadjective

   of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages; commercial relations

Editors ContributionRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. commercial

   Of or relating to commerce.

   The commercial bank was created easily and efficiently.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 8, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Commercial' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1282

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Commercial' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2512

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Commercial' in Adjectives Frequency: #156

How to pronounce Commercial?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say Commercial in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Commercial in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Commercial in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Commercial in a Sentence

1. Adekunle Salau:

   There is no doubt that Abuja and Lagos will benefit tremendously from high end ?commercial and residential real estates, my expectation is that if this is executed to plan, Abuja will be able to host world class conferences and compete favorably with Johannesburg and Cape town for international events.

2. Ron Young:

   It may be a way NASA can leverage off commercial capability.

3. Peter Ustinov:

   The only reason I made a commercial for American Express was to pay for my American Express bill.

4. Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum:

   When you throw commercial-grade fireworks, when you throw Molotov cocktails, large rocks, a number of items at officers, your only intent is to harm, and the charges are going to show that.

5. Geoffrey Berman:

   Ray used fear, violence andcoercion to induce one young victim to engage in commercial sex acts to repay debts she did not actually owe.

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