Associations to the word «Mercantile»
Noun
- Pursuit
- Marine
- Commodity
- Shipping
- Exchange
- Advertiser
- Trade
- Zion
- Merchant
- Elite
- Banking
- Trading
- Carthage
- Capitalism
- Astor
- Store
- Business
- Lumber
- Shipbuilding
- Firm
- Commerce
- Industrial
- Aristocracy
- Clerk
- Grocery
- Transaction
- Trader
- Planter
- Speculation
- Capitalist
- Farming
- Establishment
- Merchandise
- Chicago
- Bank
- Manufacturing
- Aptitude
- Prosperity
- Bourgeois
- Seaman
- Ceylon
- Caste
- Apprenticeship
- Blacksmith
- Rowing
- Future
- Dun
- Artisan
- Wealth
- Coloni
- Sawmill
- Nobility
- Liverpool
- Shipyard
- Flattery
- Admiralty
- Pisum
- Burgher
- Postmaster
- Insurance
- Warehouse
- Banker
- Mediterranean
- Holding
- Hegemony
- Derivative
- Gin
- Bombay
- Navigation
- Sloop
- Steamer
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
MERCANTILE, adjective. (economics) Concerned with the exchange of goods for profit
Dictionary definition
MERCANTILE, adjective. Of or relating to the economic system of mercantilism; "mercantile theories"; "mercantile system".
MERCANTILE, adjective. Profit oriented; "a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan; "a mercenary enterprise"; "a moneymaking business".
MERCANTILE, adjective. Relating to or characteristic of trade or traders; "the mercantile North was forging ahead"- Van Wyck Brooks.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.