Mercantile
adjective
Related to trade or business.
He has been always interested in mercantile activities.
Often appears as...
- mercantile law
- mercantile system
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Formal
noun
A merchant or trader.
As a mercantile, he had a good understanding of market dynamics.
Often appears as...
- wealthy mercantile
- successful mercantile
Usage tips
Formal
Historical
adjective
Related to trade or business.
He has been always interested in mercantile activities.
Often appears as...
- mercantile law
- mercantile system
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A merchant or trader.
As a mercantile, he had a good understanding of market dynamics.
Often appears as...
- wealthy mercantile
- successful mercantile
Usage tips
Formal
Historical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Business Context
Use 'mercantile' in formal discussions or writings about business and trade.
The mercantile transactions between the countries increased this year.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Tone
'Mercantile' often references past eras when trade was a dominant societal aspect.
The port was once a hub of mercantile prosperity.
Pro Tip 3/3Specific Jargon
'Mercantile' is often used within specific business-related fields like economics or history.
He studied the mercantile policies of the 18th century.
Pro Tip 1/3Business Context
Use 'mercantile' in formal discussions or writings about business and trade.
The mercantile transactions between the countries increased this year.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Tone
'Mercantile' often references past eras when trade was a dominant societal aspect.
The port was once a hub of mercantile prosperity.
Pro Tip 3/3Specific Jargon
'Mercantile' is often used within specific business-related fields like economics or history.
He studied the mercantile policies of the 18th century.
Pro Tip 1/3Business Context
Use 'mercantile' in formal discussions or writings about business and trade.
The mercantile transactions between the countries increased this year.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Tone
'Mercantile' often references past eras when trade was a dominant societal aspect.
The port was once a hub of mercantile prosperity.
Pro Tip 3/3Specific Jargon
'Mercantile' is often used within specific business-related fields like economics or history.
He studied the mercantile policies of the 18th century.
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Video examples
James Robertson: The...
inherited the mercantile business at her father's death by the time of the Civil War Lizzie was in her mid forties a small dowdy spinster with dotting blue eyes in seemingly nervous disposition she was a staunch unionist who refused
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Who built Great...
The city generated its riches by controlling the sources and trade of the most prized gold, ivory, and copper. With this mercantile power, it was able to extend its sphere of influence across continents,
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A history of intertwining...
mercantile it was based on the fur trade our rivers and lakes were our highways we traveled by canoe we were not settlers and so we encountered the first nations of the land we needed them and
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James Robertson: The...
inherited the mercantile business at her father's death by the time of the Civil War Lizzie was in her mid forties a small dowdy spinster with dotting blue eyes in seemingly nervous disposition she was a staunch unionist who refused
Video examples
Who built Great...
The city generated its riches by controlling the sources and trade of the most prized gold, ivory, and copper. With this mercantile power, it was able to extend its sphere of influence across continents,
Video examples
A history of intertwining...
mercantile it was based on the fur trade our rivers and lakes were our highways we traveled by canoe we were not settlers and so we encountered the first nations of the land we needed them and
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Quote examples
Rick Atkinson
American Author
American audiences tend to underappreciate the British, but 240 years ago they were us: They were the most powerful nation on Earth. Their mercantile empire spanned the planet. They had the most potent and experienced army and navy the world had ever seen.
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Henry Morton Stanley
Welsh Explorer
The Europeans and Americans residing in the town of Zanzibar are either Government officials, independent merchants, or agents for a few great mercantile houses in Europe and America.
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Lord Byron
British Poet
What should I have known or written had I been a quiet, mercantile politician or a lord in waiting? A man must travel, and turmoil, or there is no existence.
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Alain de Botton
English Writer
Sometimes my biography is interpreted as the upbringing of a French aristocrat. It was very, very different. We were a family of mercantile, immigrant Jews.
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James Stephens
Irish Poet
The mysteries of death and birth occupy women far more than is the case with men, to whom political and mercantile speculations are more congenial.
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Andre Balazs
American Businessman
Soho is a gritty former mercantile area that has, of course, evolved into the most bourgeois neighborhood in New York.
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John James Audubon
American Scientist
The mercantile business did not suit me.
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Rick Atkinson
American Author
American audiences tend to underappreciate the British, but 240 years ago they were us: They were the most powerful nation on Earth. Their mercantile empire spanned the planet. They had the most potent and experienced army and navy the world had ever seen.
Quote examples
Henry Morton Stanley
Welsh Explorer
The Europeans and Americans residing in the town of Zanzibar are either Government officials, independent merchants, or agents for a few great mercantile houses in Europe and America.
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Lord Byron
British Poet
What should I have known or written had I been a quiet, mercantile politician or a lord in waiting? A man must travel, and turmoil, or there is no existence.
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Alain de Botton
English Writer
Sometimes my biography is interpreted as the upbringing of a French aristocrat. It was very, very different. We were a family of mercantile, immigrant Jews.
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James Stephens
Irish Poet
The mysteries of death and birth occupy women far more than is the case with men, to whom political and mercantile speculations are more congenial.
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Andre Balazs
American Businessman
Soho is a gritty former mercantile area that has, of course, evolved into the most bourgeois neighborhood in New York.
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John James Audubon
American Scientist
The mercantile business did not suit me.
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