mercantile
(adjective) relating to or characteristic of trade or traders; “the mercantile North was forging ahead”- Van Wyck Brooks
mercantile, mercenary, moneymaking
(adjective) profit oriented; “a commercial book”; “preached a mercantile and militant patriotism”- John Buchan; “a mercenary enterprise”; “a moneymaking business”
mercantile
(adjective) of or relating to the economic system of mercantilism; “mercantile theories”; “mercantile system”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
mercantile (not comparable)
(economics) Concerned with the exchange of goods for profit.
(economics) Of or relating to mercantilism.
• melitracen, nictemeral
Source: Wiktionary
Mer"can*tile, a. Etym: [F. mercantile, It. mercantile, fr. L. mercans, -antis, p. pr. of mercari to traffic. See Merchant.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to merchants, or the business of merchants; having to do with trade, or the buying and selling of commodities; commercial. The expedition of the Argonauts was partly mercantile, partly military. Arbuthnot. Mercantile agency, an agency for procuring information of the standing and credit of merchants in different parts of the country, for the use of dealers who sell to them.
– Mercantile marine, the persons and vessels employed in commerce, taken collectively.
– Mercantile paper, the notes or acceptances given by merchants for goods bought, or received on consignment; drafts on merchants for goods sold or consigned. McElrath.
Syn.
– Mercantile, Commercial. Commercial is the wider term, being sometimes used to embrace mercantile. In their stricter use, commercial relates to the shipping, freighting, forwarding, and other business connected with the commerce of a country (whether external or internal), that is, the exchange of commodities; while mercantile applies to the sale of merchandise and goods when brought to market. As the two employments are to some extent intermingled, the two words are often interchanged.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 April 2025
(noun) food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
