Mercantile
['mɜːk(ə)ntaɪl] or ['mɝkəntɪl]
Definition
(adj.) relating to or characteristic of trade or traders; 'the mercantile North was forging ahead'- Van Wyck Brooks .
(adj.) profit oriented; 'a commercial book'; 'preached a mercantile and militant patriotism'- John Buchan; 'a mercenary enterprise'; 'a moneymaking business' .
(adj.) of or relating to the economic system of mercantilism; 'mercantile theories'; 'mercantile system' .
Editor: Ryan--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to merchants, or the business of merchants; having to do with trade, or the buying and selling of commodities; commercial.
Typist: Marvin
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Commercial, trading, engaged in commerce.
Typist: Rudy
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Commercial, Interchangeable, wholesale, retail, marketable
ANT:Stagnant, unmarketable, unmercantile
Checker: Nanette
Definition
adj. pertaining to merchants: having to do with trade: commercial.—ns. Mer′cantilism; Mer′cantilist.—Mercantile agency a means of getting information about the circumstances of merchants all over the country for the use of those who sell to them; Mercantile law the points of law referring to the dealings of merchants with each other; Mercantile marine the ships and their crews which in any country are employed in commerce; Mercantile system (polit. econ.) the system of encouraging exportation and restricting importation so that more may be received than is paid away.
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Examples
- Except bills of exchange, and some other mercantile bills, all other deeds, bonds, and contracts, are subject to a stamp duty. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- If the profit is less, mercantile employments will draw capital from the improvement of land. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Such are the unfortunate effects of all the regulations of the mercantile system. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Captain Keeldar, you have no mercantile blood in your veins. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Mercantile stock is equally barren and unproductive with manufacturing stock. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Two or three great bankruptcies in a mercantile town, will bring many houses to sale, which must be sold for what can be got for them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Poor aristocrats would marry rich members of the mercantile class; ambitious herdsmen, artisans, or sailors would become rich merchants. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In a rude state of society, there are no great mercantile or manufacturing capitals. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Small republics have sometimes derived a considerable revenue from the profit of mercantile projects. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In a country where the ordinary profits of stock, in the greater part of mercantile projects, are supposed to run between six and ten per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The avidity, however, which suggested this notable piece of mercantile ingenuity, most probably disappointed itself of its object. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This is a well-known article of commerce, used in mercantile establishments for the stamping of consecutive, duplicate, and manifold numbers on checks and other documents. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is the industry which is carried on for the benefit of the rich and the powerful, that is principally encouraged by our mercantile system. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It is, perhaps, the only mercantile project which has been successfully managed by, I believe, every sort of government. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The limited stock of the Dutch East India company probably repels from that trade many great mercantile capitals which would otherwise go to it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Indeed, a general habit of reserve on whatever was important seemed bred in his mercantile blood. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Such mercantile states, however, are not only useful, but greatly useful, to the inhabitants of those other countries. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Part of this money of the great mercantile republic may have been, and probably was, employed in carrying on the late war. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- They would soon, therefore, rival those mercantile nations in this branch of foreign trade, and, in due time, would justle them out of it altogether. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The monopoly, indeed, raises the rate of mercantile profit and thereby augments somewhat the gain of our merchants. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- All the different regulations of the mercantile system necessarily derange more or less this natural and most advantageous distribution of stock. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Monopoly of one kind or another, indeed, seems to be the sole engine of the mercantile system. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- With no mercantile marine of their own to guard, they had a free field for attack in the abundant shipping of their foes. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Their mercantile projects were not much better conducted. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- By raising the rate of mercantile profit, the monopoly discourages the improvement of land. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It is sometimes general through a whole mercantile town and the country in its neighbourhood. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The British merchant is no exception to this rule: the mercantile classes illustrate it strikingly. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- They are so far, perhaps, more inconsistent than even the mercantile system. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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