commercial code

noun

1. a telegraphic code designed to convey a message with a minimum number of words and thereby reduce toll costs.

Example Sentences

In due course a civil code, commercial code, code of civil procedure, and code of criminal procedure were issued.

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“Commercial code pennant,” said he; and then he read out the flags beneath it.

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Its celebrated commercial code, framed in the thirteenth century, obtained acceptance throughout Europe.

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Assurance societies in Italy are subject to the general dispositions of the commercial code regarding commercial companies.

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The commercial code of laws of the French nation had never been given to them.

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