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Meaning of mercantile in English
Pronunciation
/ˈmərkənˌtil/
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Classifying Adjective
mercantile
Definitions
1.
profit oriented
Examples
« a commercial book »
« preached a mercantile and militant patriotism- John Buchan »
« a mercenary enterprise »
« a moneymaking business »
Synonyms
commercial
2.
of or relating to or characteristic of trade or traders
Examples
« the mercantile North was forging ahead- Van Wyck Brooks »
Synonyms
commercial
Qualitative Adjective
mercantile
Etymology
mid 17th century: from French, from Italian, from mercante‘merchant’
Definitions
1.
of or relating to the economic system of mercantilism
Examples
« mercantile theories »
« mercantile system »