mercantile

[US]/'mɜːk(ə)ntaɪl/
[UK]/'mɝkəntɪl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. related to trade or commerce; of, relating to, or characteristic of merchants or trading activities; pertaining to commercial ships or their crew; related to commercial papers.

Phrases & Collocations

mercantile activity

mercantile trade

mercantile system

chicago mercantile exchange

Example Sentences

the mercantile system

the shift of wealth to the mercantile classes.

Mr Carboni characterises the city's attitude, in his catalogue essay, as “an almost perfect balance of religious esprit, chameleonic diplomacy and an unsentimentally practical mercantile system.

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