Commercial
[kə'mɜːʃ(ə)l] or [kə'mɝʃəl]
Definition
(noun.) a commercially sponsored ad on radio or television.
(adj.) connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises; 'commercial trucker'; 'commercial TV'; 'commercial diamonds' .
(adj.) of the kind or quality used in commerce; average or inferior; 'commercial grade of beef'; 'commercial oxalic acid' .
(adj.) of or relating to commercialism; 'a commercial attache'; 'commercial paper'; 'commercial law' .
Typist: Sanford--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages; commercial relations.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Trading, MERCANTILE, skilled in commerce.
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Examples
- Commercial fertilizers generally contain nitrogen, phosphorus, and potash in amounts varying with the requirements of the soil. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Commercial soaps are made from a great variety of substances, such as tallow, lard, castor oil, coconut oil, olive oil, etc. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- We have almost no spiritual weapons against classicalism: universities, churches, newspapers are by-products of a commercial success; we have no tradition of intellectual revolt. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It is used by food manufacturers and performs highly important functions in certain commercial fields. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The sanctity of their dress will not only protect them, but serve to conceal their political and commercial investigations. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A very important feature in record-making, from a commercial standpoint, is in means for cheaply duplicating records. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The commercial motorcycle is said to be gaining widespread favor, and therein lies its greatest future. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Its grandeur has outlived the high commercial prosperity and the political importance that made it a necessity, or rather a possibility. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- An enormous quantity of sodium carbonate, or soda, as it is usually called, is needed in the manufacture of glass, soap, bleaching powders, and other commercial products. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Mr. Bullock to continue, for their joint benefit, the affairs of the commercial house, or to go out, as he thought fit. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- In 1833 phosphorus friction matches were introduced on a commercial scale by Preschel, of Vienna. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Most people know what sort of places commercial rooms usually are. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The diamond, which is an allotropic form of carbon, has hitherto resisted attempts to reproduce it of sufficient size to have a commercial value. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- We, a commercial people, were obliged to bring such schemes under consideration; and the question of contagion became matter of earnest disquisition. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The typewriter I got into commercial shape is now known as the Remington. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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