commercial college

American  

noun

1. a school that trains people for careers in business.

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commercial college British  

noun

1. a college providing tuition in commercial skills, such as shorthand and book-keeping

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Etymology

Origin of commercial college

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

Kath left school at the age of 14 and attended commercial college before beginning secretarial work.

From BBC • May 3, 2025

Son John went to work as a bookkeeper in a Cleveland commission house at 16 after high school and a short turn in a commercial college.

From Time Magazine Archive

She called for subscriptions for a cooking-school for boys, and demanded the endowment of a commercial college for girls, and wound up by insisting upon a uniform dress for both sexes.

From The Enchanted Typewriter by Bangs, John Kendrick

There are also a high school, a female college, a commercial college and several common schools.

From Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel by Glazier, Willard W.

There was no let-up; she couldn’t shirk for a day or two, as she had done at the commercial college.

From The Job An American Novel by Lewis, Sinclair