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The Europeans and Americans residing in the town of Zanzibar are either Government officials, independent merchants, or agents for a few great mercantile houses in Europe and America.
Henry Morton Stanley

Meaning of "mercantile" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MERCANTILE

From French, from Italian, from mercantemerchant.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MERCANTILE

mercantile  [ˈmɜːkənˌtaɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MERCANTILE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mercantile is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MERCANTILE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Commerce

Commerce is the whole system of an economy that constitutes an environment for business. The system includes legal, economic, political, social, cultural and technological systems that are in operation in any country. Thus, commerce is a system or an environment that affects the business prospects of an economy or a nation-state. It can also be defined as a component of business which includes all activities, functions and institutions involved in transferring goods from producers to consumers.

Definition of mercantile in the English dictionary

The definition of mercantile in the dictionary is of, relating to, or characteristic of trade or traders; commercial. Other definition of mercantile is of or relating to mercantilism.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MERCANTILE


acetyl
ˈæsɪˌtaɪl
butyl
ˈbjuːˌtaɪl
fluviatile
ˈfluːvɪəˌtaɪl
herptile
ˈhɜːpˌtaɪl
infantile
ˈɪnfənˌtaɪl
lifestyle
ˈlaɪfˌstaɪl
nonvolatile
nɒnˈvɒləˌtaɪl
pantile
ˈpænˌtaɪl
portatile
ˈpɔːtəˌtaɪl
productile
prəˈdʌkˌtaɪl
pulsatile
ˈpʌlsəˌtaɪl
refractile
rɪˈfrækˌtaɪl
saxatile
ˈsæksəˌtaɪl
style
staɪl
textile
ˈtɛkstaɪl
tile
taɪl
umbratile
ˈʌmbrəˌtaɪl
versatile
ˈvɜːsəˌtaɪl
vibratile
ˈvaɪbrəˌtaɪl
volatile
ˈvɒləˌtaɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MERCANTILE

merc
Merca
Mercalli scale
mercantile agency
mercantile marine
mercantile paper
mercantile system
mercantilism
mercantilist
mercantilistic
mercaptan
mercaptide
mercaptopurine
mercat
Mercator
Mercator projection
Mercator´s projection
mercenaries
mercenarily
mercenariness

WORDS THAT END LIKE MERCANTILE

biquintile
centile
cortile
ductile
erectile
fertile
futile
gentile
hostile
infertile
inutile
percentile
projectile
quantile
quintile
reptile
stile
tactile
untile
utile

Synonyms and antonyms of mercantile in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MERCANTILE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «mercantile» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of mercantile

Translation of «mercantile» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MERCANTILE

Find out the translation of mercantile to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mercantile from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mercantile» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

商业的`
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mercantil
570 millions of speakers

English

mercantile
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मर्केंटाइल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التجارية (نايمكس)
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

меркантильный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mercantil
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাণিজি্যক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

marchand
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mercantile
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Handels-
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

貿易の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

상업의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dagang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

con buôn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வாணிகப்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

व्यापारी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ticari
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mercantile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Mercantile
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

меркантильний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Mercantile
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εμπορικής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

handels-
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

merkantila
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

merkantile
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mercantile

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MERCANTILE»

The term «mercantile» is quite widely used and occupies the 28.485 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MERCANTILE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mercantile

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3 QUOTES WITH «MERCANTILE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word mercantile.
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Rick Atkinson
American audiences tend to underappreciate the British, but 240 years ago they were us: They were the most powerful nation on Earth. Their mercantile empire spanned the planet. They had the most potent and experienced army and navy the world had ever seen.
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Andre Balazs
Soho is a gritty former mercantile area that has, of course, evolved into the most bourgeois neighborhood in New York.
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Henry Morton Stanley
The Europeans and Americans residing in the town of Zanzibar are either Government officials, independent merchants, or agents for a few great mercantile houses in Europe and America.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MERCANTILE»

Discover the use of mercantile in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mercantile and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Mercantile Law
The Book Makes An Attempt, To Present The Vast And Complicated Subject Of Mercantile Law In A Manner, Easily Comprehensible To The Students, Teachers, Laymen, Businessman And All Others Interested In The Study Of Main Business Laws.
Arun Kumar, 2001
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A New System of Mercantile Arithmetic: Adapted to the ...
preface, ThE object of this work is to combine, with the common rules of Arithmetic as taught in our schools, a general knowledge of mercantile calculations at home and abroad, including the Exchange as it has actually existed in the latest ...
Michael Walsh, 1801
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Irish and Scottish Mercantile Networks in Europe and ...
The contributions in this collection of essays make an important step in reconstructing the history of the Irish and Scottish mercantile diasporas in the 17th and 18th centuries.
David Dickson, Jan Parmentier, Jane H. Ohlmeyer, 2007
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Ritual Opera and Mercantile Lineage: The Confucian ...
Focusing on the Confucian transformation of Mulian opera, and especially on the interplay between the "civilizing" effect of ritual performance and the rise of gentrified mercantile lineages in sixteenth-century Huizhou prefecture, this ...
Qitao Guo, 2005
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British Mercantile Houses in Buenos Aires, 1810-1880
British mercantile houses--privately financed commercial enterprises dealing in the import and export of goods--integrated Argentine production into the world economy between 1810 and 1880.
Vera Blinn Reber, 1979
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New mercantile tables, for expeditiously ascertaining the ...
Also a table for reducing the long to the common hundred-weight. Calculated for the use of merchants, brokers, sugar refiners, wholesale grocers, &c., &c John Houghton . 5/- f Ton. 142/3 Cwt. «jr. ft.
John Houghton, 1811
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A Compendium of Mercantile Law
John William Smith. BOOK THE SECOND. OF MERCANTILE PROPERTY. We now come to our second grand head, that, videlicet, of Mercantile Property. And here it must be premised, that it is not intended to consider the nature of the various ...
John William Smith, 1834
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Latin America in the World Economy: Mercantile Colonialism ...
With over half of the book dedicated to the short twentieth century (after 1930), " Latin America in the World Economy" is appropriate for courses in Latin American economic history, political economy, and development.
Frederick Stirton Weaver, 2000
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The Swahili: The Social Landscape of a Mercantile Society
This book is essential reading not only for Africanists, but also for those dealing with the history of Islam, Mediterranean history, and Indian Ocean studies, and for those who wish to understand how trading societies organize their ...
Mark Chatwin Horton, John Middleton, 2000
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Trade and Traders in Mid-Victorian Liverpool: Mercantile ...
This book charts the development of Liverpool’s trade, shipping and business culture in the third quarter of the nineteenth century.
Graeme J. Milne, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MERCANTILE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mercantile is used in the context of the following news items.
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New hours: Jacoby's Restaurant and Mercantile to begin lunch service
East Austin ranch-inspired restaurant Jacoby's will begin lunch service on July 30. The restaurant that sits along the Colorado River at 3235 ... «austin360, Jul 15»
2
Mercantile earnings up substantially one year after merger with …
Mercantile Bank Corp. today reported substantially higher quarterly earnings, now a year after its merger with the former Firstbank Corp. and ... «MiBiz, Jul 15»
3
RIVER & MERCANTILE ASSET MANAGEMENT Just Released Its …
River & Mercantile Asset Management Llp just filed its quarterly 13F. Dated 21/07/2015, the 13f form shows the investment manager has a ... «OctaFinance.com, Jul 15»
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Mercantile Bank posts 2Q profit
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) _ Mercantile Bank Corp. (MBWM) on Tuesday reported second-quarter profit of $6.6 million. The Grand Rapids ... «Yahoo News UK, Jul 15»
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Business Q&A: Iron and Wood Mercantile, Ozark
Name of business: Iron and Wood Mercantile. Address: 901-B W. Jackson St., Ozark. Phone: 417-880-6866. Website: ironandwoodmercantile. «Springfield News-Leader, Jul 15»
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Wednesday is opening day for first J. Crew Mercantile
The new J.Crew Mercantile store will be in the ground floor of the new five-story office building that opened in April at the Shops at Park Lane. «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»
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Mercantile Bank Corp. (MBWM) Set to Announce Earnings on Tuesday
Mercantile Bank Corp. logo Mercantile Bank Corp. (NASDAQ:MBWM) is scheduled to release its Q215 earnings data on Tuesday, July 21st. Analysts expect ... «Dakota Financial News, Jul 15»
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Exhibits: Galeria Del Sol, Main Street Mercantile, Bill Rakocy Art Studio
Main Street Mercantile: 1501 Main, San Elizario. The site includes studio galleries of Manny Alvarado, Joe Arroyos, Artistas Unidos de Ciudad ... «El Paso Times, Jul 15»
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Build-Outs Of Summer: States Coffee & Mercantile In Martinez, CA
His latest project is States Coffee & Mercantile, a coffee bar and boutique in the East Bay city of Martinez, California. Known for its preserved ... «Sprudge, Jul 15»
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Mercantile Bank Corporation (NASDAQ:MBWM) Analyst Rating in …
Mercantile Bank Corporation (NASDAQ:MBWM) shares have been given a 2.67 rating by analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research. «Investor Newswire, Jul 15»

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