mercantile
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(a) of or relating to the economic system of mercantilism
- mercantile theories
- mercantile system
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(s) profit oriented
- a commercial book
- "preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan
- a mercenary enterprise
- a moneymaking business
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(s) relating to or characteristic of trade or traders
- "the mercantile North was forging ahead"- Van Wyck Brooks