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

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.