mercantile
/mˈɝkʌntaɪl/
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Definitions
Adjective
of or relating to the economic system of mercantilism; "mercantile theories"; "mercantile system"
Adjective Satellite
profit oriented; "a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan; "a mercenary enterprise"; "a moneymaking business"
Adjective Satellite
relating to or characteristic of trade or traders; "the mercantile North was forging ahead"- Van Wyck Brooks