Adjective
- 1. mercantile
- usage: of or relating to the economic system of mercantilism; "mercantile theories"; "mercantile system"
- 2. mercantile, mercenary, moneymaking(prenominal), commercial (vs. noncommercial)
- usage: profit oriented; "a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan; "a mercenary enterprise"; "a moneymaking business"
- 3. mercantile, commercial (vs. noncommercial)
- usage: relating to or characteristic of trade or traders; "the mercantile North was forging ahead"- Van Wyck Brooks
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