Definition of Mercantile. Meaning of Mercantile. Synonyms of Mercantile

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Mercantile. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Mercantile and, of course, Mercantile synonyms and on the right images related to the word Mercantile.

Definition of Mercantile

Mercantile
Mercantile Mer"can*tile (?; 277), a. [F. mercantile, It. mercantile, fr. L. mercans, -antis, p. pr. of mercari to traffic. See Merchant.] 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. Usage: 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.

Meaning of Mercantile from wikipedia

- Trade involves the transfer of goods and services from one person or entity to another, often in exchange for money. Economists refer to a system or network...
- historians proved quick to adopt it. Originally the standard English term was "mercantile system". The word "mercantilism" came into English from German in the...
- The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) (often called "the Chicago Merc", or "the Merc") is an American derivatives marketplace based in Chicago and located...
- Mercantile Bank may refer to: Mercantile Bank (Bangladesh), a bank founded in Dhaka in 1999 Mercantile Bank (South Africa), a bank founded in Sandown,...
- The Mercantile Mutual Insurance Company was an Australian insurance and financial services company. It was established in 1878, and lasted until 2001,...
- Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Limited (TMB) is an Indian bank headquartered at Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu. TMB was founded in 1921 as the Nadar Bank, but changed...
- Mercantile Library may refer to: New York Mercantile Library (1820), former name of the Center for Fiction, New York City, New York Mercantile Library...
- Retail is the sale of goods and services to consumers, in contrast to wholesaling, which is the sale to business or institutional customers. A retailer...
- 74°1′1″W / 40.71444°N 74.01694°W / 40.71444; -74.01694 The New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) is a commodity ****ures exchange owned and operated by...
- Pacific Mercantile Bancorp was a bank holding company based in Costa Mesa, California. In March 1999, the bank opened its first branch. In September 2003...