Mercantilism

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mercantilism
       n 1: an economic system (Europe in 18th C) to increase a nation's
            wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's
            commercial interests [syn: {mercantile system}]
       2: transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of
          supplying commodities (goods and services) [syn: {commerce},


           {commercialism}]