commercial
[ kuh-mur-shuh l ]
/ kəˈmɜr ʃəl /
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adjective
noun
Nearby words
- commentate,
- commentative,
- commentator,
- commerce,
- commerce city,
- commercial agency,
- commercial art,
- commercial attaché,
- commercial bank,
- commercial break
Origin of commercial
Synonym study
1. 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.
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Examples from the Web for noncommercial
As young adult fiction becomes more R-rated with each passing year, Nancy remains resolutely asexual and noncommercial.
It will be noted that the most important articles in this range are articles of a noncommercial type.
America's Munitions 1917-1918|Benedict CrowellNoncommercial — You may not use this work for commercial purposes.
Makers|Cory Doctorow
noncommercial
/ (ˌnɒnkəˈmɜːʃəl) /
adjective
not of, connected with, or involved in commercenoncommercial organizations
commercial
/ (kəˈmɜːʃəl) /
adjective
of, connected with, or engaged in commerce; mercantile
sponsored or paid for by an advertisercommercial television
having profit as the main aimcommercial music
(of goods, chemicals, etc) of unrefined quality or presentation and produced in bulk for use in industry
noun
a commercially sponsored advertisement on radio or television
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