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Meanings of mercantile in English

Profit oriented.

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Mercantile.

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Usage of mercantile in English
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They escaped the perplexity of reconciling the mercantile and the religious ideas.
A Little Journey in the World
2
Moreover, the use of it is gradually extending in the mercantile marine.
Heroes of the Telegraph
3
One of her school friends, the one whose family owned the mercantile.
Gingham bride
4
The latter were the headmen of the large mercantile firm of Ettanee.
Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and ...
5
The mercantile marine of Sweden has experienced powerful growth in recent years.
New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, ...
6
He received a liberal education, and engaged in mercantile and agricultural pursuits.
History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States
7
There is not a mercantile house in the colony more firmly established.
The Water-Witch; Or, the Skimmer of the Seas: A Tale
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So he strolled through the mercantile quarter and gazed at the shipping.
Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 03
9
The island is the accidental consequence of human, industrial and mercantile development.
The Irish Times
10
He afterwards engaged in mercantile concerns, and has latterly retired from business.
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume 4. / The Songs of Scotland ...
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This man takes little part in politics and follows his mercantile pursuits.
The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol....
12
Soon after, he entered into mercantile pursuits in company with two brothers.
McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader
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The credit of many great mercantile houses was shaken, and many failed.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. / From the Acc...
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The mercantile marine had not as yet looked favorably on twin screws.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887
15
It was not exactly mercantile, but then the heart comes before commerce.
Poor and Proud; Or, The Fortunes of Katy Redburn: A Story for Yo...
16
Mead, who had some mercantile transactions at Rotterdam, remained in that city.
A True Hero: A Story of the Days of William Penn
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