mercantile
[ mur-kuh n-teel, -tahyl, -til ]
/ ˈmɜr kənˌtil, -ˌtaɪl, -tɪl /
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.
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, adjective qua·si-mer·can·tile, adjective un·mer·can·tile, adjectiveWords nearby mercantile
merc,
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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