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