"mercantile" in the adjective sense
1. mercantile
of or relating to the economic system of mercantilism
"mercantile theories"
"mercantile system"
2. mercantile, mercenary, moneymaking
profit oriented
"a commercial book"
"preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan
"a mercenary enterprise"
"a moneymaking business"
3. mercantile
relating to or characteristic of trade or traders
"the mercantile North was forging ahead"- Van Wyck Brooks
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