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commercial
[ kuh-mur-shuhl ]
adjective
- of, relating to, or characteristic of commerce.
- engaged in commerce.
- prepared, done, or acting with sole or chief emphasis on salability, profit, or success:
a commercial product; His attitude toward the theater is very commercial.
- able to yield or make a profit:
We decided that the small oil well was not commercial.
- suitable or fit for a wide, popular market:
Communications satellites are gradually finding a commercial use.
- suitable for or catering to business rather than private use:
commercial kitchen design; commercial refrigeration.
- (of a vehicle or its use)
- engaged in transporting passengers or goods for profit.
- civilian and public, as distinguished from military or private.
- not entirely or chemically pure:
commercial soda.
- catering especially to traveling salespeople by offering reduced rates, space for exhibiting products, etc.:
a commercial hotel.
- (in U.S. government grading of beef ) graded between standard and utility.
- paid for by advertisers:
commercial television.
noun
- Radio and Television. a paid advertisement or promotional announcement.
- (in U.S. government grading of beef )
- a low-quality grade of beef between standard and utility.
- a cut of beef of this grade.
- British Informal. a traveling salesperson.
commercial
/ kəˈmɜːʃəl; kəˌmɜːʃɪˈælɪtɪ /
adjective
- of, connected with, or engaged in commerce; mercantile
- sponsored or paid for by an advertiser
commercial television
- having profit as the main aim
commercial music
- (of goods, chemicals, etc) of unrefined quality or presentation and produced in bulk for use in industry
noun
- a commercially sponsored advertisement on radio or television
Derived Forms
- commerciality, noun
- comˈmercially, adverb
Other Words From
- com·mercial·ly adverb
- anti·com·mercial adjective
- anti·com·mercial·ly adverb
- anti·com·mercial·ness noun
- counter·com·mercial adjective
- noncom·mercial adjective noun
- noncom·mercial·ly adverb
- precom·mercial adjective
- procom·mercial adjective
- quasi-com·mercial adjective
- quasi-com·mercial·ly adverb
- semi·com·mercial adjective
- semi·com·mercial·ly adverb
- super·com·mercial adjective
- super·com·mercial·ly adverb
- ultra·com·mercial adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of commercial1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The Forest Service recently proposed its first commercial timber harvest in three decades.
Now there’s a 3D printed home for sale in the US, unique because it’s one of the earliest examples of the technology moving from conceptual to commercial.
The pace could pick up thanks to a new federal program that ships vaccine doses directly to certain commercial pharmacies.
In October 2020, the Advertising Standard Council of India deemed some WhiteHat Jr’s commercials “misleading” and asked for them to be taken down.
They saw a lot of commercial potential in the internet, and they wanted to ensure that it wasn’t burdened by a ton of litigation and regulation.
There were no deaths on scheduled commercial aviation flights in 2014, in a system that operates 68,000 flights a day.
These days weather should never cause a commercial airliner to crash.
An additonal 30,000 made it to Europe by other routes including commercial flights and dangerous overland passages.
Are you seeing more commercial pressure from academic presses for historians to sexy it up a bit?
Both high fashion and the fast, commercial fashion of Target are supposed to be about aspiration.
A considerable proportion of the industrial and commercial news is now written to an end.
After all this the tobacco leaves may be laid aside for commercial exportation.
The city and commercial suburb of Binondo wore their usual aspect, although trade was almost at a standstill.
The money in the possession of "Commercial depositors" we shall call "till money," and the rest "pocket money."
It is doubtful whether the huge commercial premium that greets success to-day does good or harm.
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