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
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and content according to the circumstances and time in which
it is used.