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1. Connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises
   "commercial trucker"; "commercial TV"; "commercial diamonds"
    
2. Of or relating to commercialism
   "a commercial attaché"; "commercial paper"; "commercial law"
    
3. Of the kind or quality used in commerce; average or inferior
   "commercial grade of beef"; "commercial oxalic acid"
   - commercial-grade

1. A commercially sponsored ad on radio or television
   - commercial message

Derived forms: commercials

See also: commerce, commercialised [Brit], commercialism, commercialized, commercially, inferior, mercantile, mercantilism, mercenary, moneymaking, technical

Type of: ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizement [US, non-standard], advertizing [US, non-standard]

Antonym: noncommercial

Encyclopedia: Commercial, NJ Commercial Commercial, New Jersey Commercial, Technical and Allied Workers Union Commercial, Technical and Allied Workers' Union