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mercantile
[ mur-kuhn-teel, -tahyl, -til ]
/ ˈmɜr kənˌtil, -ˌtaɪl, -tɪl /
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adjective
of or relating to merchants or trade; commercial.
engaged in trade or commerce: a mercantile nation.
Economics. of or relating to the mercantile system.
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Origin of mercantile
1635–45; <French <Italian: pertaining to merchants, equivalent to mercant(e) merchant (<Latin mercant-, stem of mercāns buyer, noun use of present participle of mercārī to buy) + -ile-ile
synonym study for mercantile
1. See commercial.
OTHER WORDS FROM mercantile
non·mer·can·tile, adjectivequa·si-mer·can·tile, adjectiveun·mer·can·tile, adjectiveWords nearby mercantile
merbromin, merc, Merca, mercado, Mercalli scale, mercantile, mercantile agency, mercantile paper, mercantile system, mercantilism, mercaptan
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British Dictionary definitions for mercantile
mercantile
/ (ˈmɜːkənˌtaɪl) /
adjective
of, relating to, or characteristic of trade or traders; commercial
of or relating to mercantilism
Word Origin for mercantile
C17: from French, from Italian, from mercante merchant
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