mercantile

• merchantile (dated)

Borrowed from French mercantile, from Italian mercantile, from mercante (“merchant”), from Latin mercāns (“trading”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɜːkənˌtaɪl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɝ.kənˌtaɪl/, /-ˌtil/

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mercantile (not comparable)

1. (economics) Concerned with the exchange of goods for profit.
2. (economics) Of or relating to mercantilism.

• merchant

• melitracen, nictemeral

mercantile (plural mercantiles)

1. mercantile, commercial

mercantile (masculine and feminine plural mercantili)

1. merchant (attribute), mercantile, commercial

   marina mercantile - merchant navy

• commerciale

• mercantilismo
• mercante

mercantile m (plural mercantili)

1. (nautical) merchant ship
2. (nautical) cargo vessel
3. (nautical) freighter
4. (nautical) merchantman