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say it: MUR-kuhn-tahyl
mercantile is an adjective meaning "of or relating to the economic system of mercantilism". It carries 3 recorded senses.
of or relating to the economic system of mercantilism
“mercantile theories”
“mercantile system”
profit oriented
“a commercial book”
“preached a mercantile and militant patriotism”
“a mercenary enterprise”
“a moneymaking business”
relating to or characteristic of trade or traders
“the mercantile North was forging ahead”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for mercantile come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.