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mercantile

adjective
🔊/ˈmɜːkəntaɪl/
🔊/ˈmɜːrkəntiːl/, 🔊/ˈmɜːrkəntaɪl/
(formal)
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  1. connected with trade and commercial affairs商业的；贸易的
    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French, from Italian, from mercante ‘merchant’.