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Definition of Mercantile
1. Adjective. Of or relating to the economic system of mercantilism. "Mercantile system"
2. Adjective. Profit oriented. "A moneymaking business"
3. Adjective. Relating to or characteristic of trade or traders. "The mercantile North was forging ahead"
Definition of Mercantile
1. a. Of or pertaining to merchants, or the business of merchants; having to do with trade, or the buying and selling of commodities; commercial.
Definition of Mercantile
1. Adjective. Concerned with the exchange of goods for profit ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mercantile
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mercantile
Literary usage of Mercantile
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1920)
"On the 17th of February the mercantile Bank overdrew Its account In the Harriman to
... It, however, telegraphed the mercantile, calling attention to the ..."
2. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1920)
"On the 17th of February the mercantile Bank overdrew Its account In the Harriman to
... It, however, telegraphed the mercantile, calling attention to the ..."
3. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1860)
"How often is the mercantile world thrown into confusion and chaos, by die- regarding
... mercantile success, we all know, depends very much upon a sagacious ..."
4. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1860)
"How often is the mercantile world thrown into confusion and chaos, by die- regarding
... mercantile success, we all know, depends very much upon a sagacious ..."
5. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"A provision of an agreement for the sale of a partner's interest that he would
not again engage in the mercantile business in F. or near enough thereto to ..."
6. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1856)
"It il with such views that we collect and arrange under our " mercantile ...
It is an admirable piece of mercantile criticism, treating with no undue ..."
7. Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr. 14th Congress, 1st Session by United States Congress. House (1837)
"If the debt of our merchants has accumulated, or their credit is impaired, these
are fluctuations always incident to extensive or extravagant mercantile ..."
8. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"A provision of an agreement for the sale of a partner's interest that he would
not again engage in the mercantile business in F. or near enough thereto to ..."
9. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1856)
"It il with such views that we collect and arrange under our " mercantile ...
It is an admirable piece of mercantile criticism, treating with no undue ..."
10. Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr. 14th Congress, 1st Session by United States Congress. House (1837)
"If the debt of our merchants has accumulated, or their credit is impaired, these
are fluctuations always incident to extensive or extravagant mercantile ..."
11. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1920)
"On the 17th of February the mercantile Bank overdrew Its account In the Harriman to
... It, however, telegraphed the mercantile, calling attention to the ..."
12. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1860)
"How often is the mercantile world thrown into confusion and chaos, by die- regarding
... mercantile success, we all know, depends very much upon a sagacious ..."
13. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"A provision of an agreement for the sale of a partner's interest that he would
not again engage in the mercantile business in F. or near enough thereto to ..."
14. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1856)
"It il with such views that we collect and arrange under our " mercantile ...
It is an admirable piece of mercantile criticism, treating with no undue ..."
15. Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr. 14th Congress, 1st Session by United States Congress. House (1837)
"If the debt of our merchants has accumulated, or their credit is impaired, these
are fluctuations always incident to extensive or extravagant mercantile ..."
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