commercial
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or characteristic of commerce.
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engaged in commerce.
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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.
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able to yield or make a profit.
We decided that the small oil well was not commercial.
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suitable or fit for a wide, popular market.
Communications satellites are gradually finding a commercial use.
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suitable for or catering to business rather than private use.
commercial kitchen design; commercial refrigeration.
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(of a vehicle or its use)
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engaged in transporting passengers or goods for profit.
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civilian and public, as distinguished from military or private.
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not entirely or chemically pure.
commercial soda.
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catering especially to traveling salespeople by offering reduced rates, space for exhibiting products, etc..
a commercial hotel.
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(in U.S. government grading of beef ) graded between standard and utility.
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paid for by advertisers.
commercial television.
noun
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Radio and Television. a paid advertisement or promotional announcement.
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(in U.S. government grading of beef )
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a low-quality grade of beef between standard and utility.
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a cut of beef of this grade.
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British Informal. a traveling salesperson.
adjective
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of, connected with, or engaged in commerce; mercantile
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sponsored or paid for by an advertiser
commercial television
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having profit as the main aim
commercial music
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(of goods, chemicals, etc) of unrefined quality or presentation and produced in bulk for use in industry
noun
Related Words
Commercial, mercantile refer to the activities of business, industry, and trade. Commercial is the broader term, covering all the activities and relationships of industry and trade. In a derogatory sense it may mean such a preoccupation with the affairs of commerce as results in indifference to considerations other than wealth: commercial treaties; a merely commercial viewpoint. Mercantile applies to the purchase and sale of goods, or to the transactions of business: a mercantile house or class.
Other Word Forms
- anticommercial adjective
- anticommercially adverb
- anticommercialness noun
- commerciality noun
- commercially adverb
- countercommercial adjective
- noncommercial adjective
- noncommercially adverb
- precommercial adjective
- procommercial adjective
- quasi-commercial adjective
- quasi-commercially adverb
- semicommercial adjective
- semicommercially adverb
- supercommercial adjective
- supercommercially adverb
- ultracommercial adjective
Etymology
Origin of commercial
Example Sentences
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Its success at the Grammys suggests a growing recognition of Korean pop's cultural and commercial force.
From BBC
First responders have spent countless billions more signing up for an AT&T subscription branded “FirstNet” but running over the same failure-prone commercial network as everyone else.
The government noted "all mining and commercial activity" had been banned in Rubaya as of February 2025, but between 112 and 125 tonnes are extracted each month and sent "exclusively to Rwanda".
From Barron's
What it says about America: “Play” incorporates field recordings collected by Moby and was the first album on which every song was licensed for commercial use.
It also charged off a $150,000 commercial and industrial loan.
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