Definition of "mercantile" []

• Of or relating to merchants or trade. (adjective)
• Of or relating to mercantilism. (adjective)

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• "Now, FHA insured about 30% of home purchases as good as 20% of refinanced mortgages in mercantile 2009."
• "Not many cities, unfortunately, have been means to announce such certain mercantile headlines in the stream business climate."
• "It is likely, then, that he had no source of income other than family money, although his adult male relatives were all engaged in mercantile operations, the navy, or the professions. back"