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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mercantile \Mer"can*tile\ (?; 277), a. [F. mercantile, It.
     mercantile, fr. L. mercans, -antis, p. pr. of mercari to
     traffic. See {Merchant}.]
     Of or pertaining to merchants, or the business of merchants;
     having to do with trade, or the buying and selling of
     commodities; commercial.


     [1913 Webster]
  
           The expedition of the Argonauts was partly mercantile,
           partly military.                         --Arbuthnot.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Mercantile agency}, an agency for procuring information of
        the standing and credit of merchants in different parts of
        the country, for the use of dealers who sell to them.
  
     {Mercantile marine}, the persons and vessels employed in
        commerce, taken collectively.
  
     {Mercantile paper}, the notes or acceptances given by
        merchants for goods bought, or received on consignment;
        drafts on merchants for goods sold or consigned.
        --McElrath.
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     Syn: {Mercantile}, {Commercial}.
  
     Usage: Commercial is the wider term, being sometimes used to
            embrace mercantile. In their stricter use, commercial
            relates to the shipping, freighting, forwarding, and
            other business connected with the commerce of a
            country (whether external or internal), that is, the
            exchange of commodities; while mercantile applies to
            the sale of merchandise and goods when brought to
            market. As the two employments are to some extent
            intermingled, the two words are often interchanged.
            [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mercantile
       adj 1: of or relating to the economic system of mercantilism;
              "mercantile theories"; "mercantile system"
       2: profit oriented; "a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile
          and militant patriotism"- John Buchan; "a mercenary
          enterprise"; "a moneymaking business" [syn: {mercenary}, {moneymaking(a)}]
       3: of or relating to or characteristic of trade or traders;
          "the mercantile North was forging ahead"- Van Wyck Brooks

















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