Associations to the word «Mercantile»

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

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Martin Luther King, Jr.