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

See also: commercial, mercantilism

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