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mercantile (iou)



mercantile adjective. M17.
[French from Italian, from mercante MERCHANT noun: see -ILE.]
Of or pertaining to merchants or their trade; concerned with the exchange of merchandise; of or pertaining to trade or commerce; commercial. M17.
mercantile marine the shipping employed in commerce as opp. to war, the merchant navy.
J. Arbuthnot The Expedition of the Argonauts..was partly mercantile, partly military. G. Crabbe A bill That was not drawn with true mercantile skill. G. J. Goschen Putting aside..the..currency altogether, and confining ourselves to the more mercantile part of the question. G. Steiner The new mercantile society..followed hard on the decay of feudalism.
Having payment or gain as the motive; mercenary; fond of bargaining. M18.
mercantile system Hist.: based on the principles of mercantilism.
mercantilely adverb from a mercantile point of view; with regard to business transactions: E19.