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Adjective: mercantile  'mur-kun,tI(-u)l or 'mur-kun,teel
  1. Profit oriented
    "preached a mercantile and militant patriotism";
    - mercenary, moneymaking, commercial
     
  2. Relating to or characteristic of trade or traders
    "the mercantile North was forging ahead"
     
  3. Of or relating to the economic system of mercantilism
    "mercantile theories"; "mercantile system"

See also: commercial

Encyclopedia: Mercantile