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

In the commercial college the authorities had provided stenographers’ note-books and pencils, and the representatives of typewriter companies had given lectures on cleaning and oiling typewriters, putting in new ribbons, adjusting tension-wheels.

From The Job An American Novel by Lewis, Sinclair

These two rooms are rented to a commercial college.

From The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 4, April, 1884 by Various

Todd, of Chatham and of the commercial college, had come to call that evening.

From The Job An American Novel by Lewis, Sinclair