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Meanings of mercantile agency in English

Catalan
agència comercial

An organization that provides businesses with credit ratings of other firms.

agència comercial
Usage of mercantile agency in English
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Just then a clerk came in and handed him a slip of paper, which I recognized as a special report from the mercantile agency.
A Man of Samples. Something about the men he met "On the Road"
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But the mercantile agencies omit to tell us some very important points about men.
A Man of Samples. Something about the men he met "On the Road"
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The facts obtained by mercantile agencies are not public property.
Up To Date Business / Including Lessons in Banking, Exchange, Bu...
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Bradstreet's and other mercantile agencies say, in reporting Randolph & Randolph, "Worth fifty millions and upward, credit unlimited."
Friday, the Thirteenth: A Novel
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When the mercantile agencies were young, they acquired a consensus of opinion upon a business man by annoying his acquaintances with inquiries.
The Lincoln Story Book / A Judicious Collection of the Best Stor...
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"Are not the mercantile agencies almost always sure to find something against a man or a firm?"
A Man of Samples. Something about the men he met "On the Road"
Translations for mercantile agency