mercantile

adj.

1. Of or relating to merchants or trade.
2. Of or relating to mercantilism.

[French, from Italian, from mercante, merchant, from Latin mercāns, mercant-, from present participle of mercārī, to trade, from merx, merc-, merchandise, goods.]

System of commerce operated by merchants.

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

Relating to trade or commerce; commercial; having to do with the business of buying and selling; relating to mer- chants.

A mercantile agency is an individual or company in the business of collecting data about the financial status, ability, and credit of individuals who are engaged in business. Once this information is compiled, it is sold by the agency to its customers, who are known as subscribers. Mercantile agencies are known as credit bureaus in current usage.

IN BRIEF: Having to do with trade.

In the Old West, the mercantile was where one could buy just about everything needed for survival.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - merkantil-, handels-

Nederlands (Dutch)
handels-, commercieel, gehuurd, baatzuchtig

Français (French)
adj. - marchand, commercial, mercantile

Deutsch (German)
adj. - Handels-, handeltreibend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - εμπορικός

Italiano (Italian)
commerciale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - comercial

Русский (Russian)
меркантильный, коммерческий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - mercantil

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - merkantil, affärs-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
商人的, 重商主义的, 商业的, 贸易的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 商人的, 重商主義的, 商業的, 貿易的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 사업에 관한, 이익을 중시하는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 商業の, 貿易の, 商人の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) تجاري‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מסחרי‬

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