In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
commercials
plural of commercial
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Source: Wiktionary
Com*mer"cial, a. Etym: [Cf. F. commercial.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages; commercial relations. "Princely commercial houses." Macaulay. Commercial college, a school for giving instruction in commercial knowledge and business.
– Commercial law. See under Law.
– Commercial note paper, a small size of writing paper, usually about 5 by 7½ or 8 inches.
– Commercial paper, negotiable paper given in due course of business. It includes bills of exchange, promissory notes, bank cheks, etc.
– Commercial traveler, an agent of a wholesale house who travels from town to town to solicit orders.
Syn.
– See Mercantile.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 November 2024
(adjective) furnished with inhabitants; “the area is well populated”; “forests populated with all kinds of wild life”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.