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adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of commerce.
2.
engaged in commerce.
3.
prepared, done, or acting with sole or chief emphasis on salability, profit, or success: a commercial product; His attitude toward the theater is very commercial.
4.
able to yield or make a profit: We decided that the small oil well was not commercial.
5.
EXPANDsuitable or fit for a wide, popular market: Communications satellites are gradually finding a commercial use.
6.
suitable for or catering to business rather than private use: commercial kitchen design; commercial refrigeration.
7.
(of a vehicle or its use)
a.
engaged in transporting passengers or goods for profit.
b.
civilian and public, as distinguished from military or private.
8.
not entirely or chemically pure: commercial soda.
9.
catering especially to traveling salespeople by offering reduced rates, space for exhibiting products, etc.: a commercial hotel.
10.
(in U.S. government grading of beef) graded between standard and utility.
11.
COLLAPSEpaid for by advertisers: commercial television.
noun
12.
Radio and Television. a paid advertisement or promotional announcement.
13.
(in U.S. government grading of beef)
a.
a low-quality grade of beef between standard and utility.
b.
a cut of beef of this grade.
14.
British Informal. a traveling salesperson.
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Commercial
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Related forms
com·mer·cial·ly, adverb
an·ti·com·mer·cial, adjective
an·ti·com·mer·cial·ly, adverb
an·ti·com·mer·cial·ness, noun
coun·ter·com·mer·cial, adjective
EXPANDnon·com·mer·cial, adjective, noun
non·com·mer·cial·ly, adverb
pre·com·mer·cial, adjective
pro·com·mer·cial, adjective
qua·si-com·mer·cial, adjective
qua·si-com·mer·cial·ly, adverb
sem·i·com·mer·cial, adjective
sem·i·com·mer·cial·ly, adverb
su·per·com·mer·cial, adjective
su·per·com·mer·cial·ly, adverb
ul·tra·com·mer·cial, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. Commercial, mercantile refer to the activities of business, industry, and trade. Commercial is the broader term, covering all the activities and relationships of industry and trade. In a derogatory sense it may mean such a preoccupation with the affairs of commerce as results in indifference to considerations other than wealth: commercial treaties; a merely commercial viewpoint. Mercantile applies to the purchase and sale of goods, or to the transactions of business: a mercantile house or class.
1. Commercial, mercantile refer to the activities of business, industry, and trade. Commercial is the broader term, covering all the activities and relationships of industry and trade. In a derogatory sense it may mean such a preoccupation with the affairs of commerce as results in indifference to considerations other than wealth: commercial treaties; a merely commercial viewpoint. Mercantile applies to the purchase and sale of goods, or to the transactions of business: a mercantile house or class.
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Word Origin & History
commercial
1680s, "pertaining to trade," from commerce + -al (1). Meaning "paid for by advertisements" (in ref. to radio, TV, etc.) is from 1932; meaning "done for the sake of financial profit" (of art, etc.) is from 1871. The noun meaning "an advertisement
EXPANDbroadcast on radio or TV" is from 1935. Related: Commercially.
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