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mercantile
adjective
Relating to or characteristic of trade or traders
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ˈmɜːkənˌtaɪl
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adjective
Relating to or characteristic of trade or traders
“{'source': 'Van Wyck Brooks', 'text': 'the mercantile North was forging ahead'}”
adjective
Profit oriented
“A commercial book”
adjective
Of or relating to the economic system of mercantilism
“Mercantile theories”
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{'source': 'Van Wyck Brooks', 'text': 'the mercantile North was forging ahead'}
A commercial book
{'source': 'John Buchan', 'text': 'preached a mercantile and militant patriotism'}
A mercenary enterprise
A moneymaking business
Mercantile theories
Mercantile system
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