Mercantile - Definition
mercantile
adj 1: of or relating to the economic system of mercantilism;
"mercantile theories"; "mercantile system"
2: profit oriented; "a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile
and militant patriotism"- John Buchan; "a mercenary
enterprise"; "a moneymaking business" [syn: mercantile,
mercenary, moneymaking(a)]
3: relating to or characteristic of trade or traders; "the
mercantile North was forging ahead"- Van Wyck Brooks