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PRONUNCIATION OF MERCANTILE AGENCY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MERCANTILE AGENCY

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Mercantile agency is a noun.
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WHAT DOES MERCANTILE AGENCY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mercantile agencies

Mercantile Agencies, is the name given in United States to organizations designed to collect, record and distribute to regular clients information relative to the standing of commercial firms. That is, they act as a sort of clearing house of information about customers' reliability. In Great Britain and some European countries trade protective societies, composed of merchants and tradesmen, are formed for the promotion of trade, and members exchange information regarding the standing of business houses. These societies had their origin in the associations formed in the middle of the 18th century for the purpose of disseminating information regarding bankruptcies, assignments and bills of sale. The mercantile agency in the United States is a much more comprehensive organization. It came into existence after the financial crisis of 1837. Trade in the United States had become scattered over a wide territory. Communication was slow, and the town merchant was without adequate information as to the standing of many businessmen seeking credit. Undoubtedly the severity of the collapse of 1837 was due in part to the insufficiency of this information.

Definition of mercantile agency in the English dictionary

The definition of mercantile agency in the dictionary is an enterprise that collects and supplies information about the financial credit standing of individuals and enterprises.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MERCANTILE AGENCY

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Merca
Mercalli scale
mercantile
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 AGENCY

advertising agency
agency
aid agency
contingency
credit agency
currency
emergency
employment agency
Environmental Protection Agency
estate agency
Food Standards Agency
insurgency
intelligence agency
interagency
law enforcement agency
news agency
regency
relief agency
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travel agency
urgency

Synonyms and antonyms of mercantile agency in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «mercantile agency» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MERCANTILE AGENCY

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Translator English - Chinese

商业机构
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

agencia mercantil
570 millions of speakers

English

mercantile agency
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मर्केंटाइल एजेंसी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الوكالة التجارية (نايمكس)
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

агентство меркантильные
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

agência mercantil
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বানিজ্য সংস্থা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

agence mercantile
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Agensi perantara
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

merkantilen Agentur
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

商業代理店
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

상업 기관
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Agen Perdagangan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cơ quan buôn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வணிக நிறுவனம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

व्यापारी संस्था
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ticari acentalık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

agenzia mercantile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

agencja Mercantile
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

агентство меркантильні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

agenție Mercantile
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εμπορικό γραφείο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

handels- agentskap
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

merkantila organet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

merkantile byrå
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mercantile agency

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MERCANTILE AGENCY»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MERCANTILE AGENCY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MERCANTILE AGENCY»

Discover the use of mercantile agency in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mercantile agency and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Culture of Credit: embedding trust and transparency in ...
130–131. 126. Mercantile Agency, circular, ca. 1850–1855, D&B Archives, in folder marked “Forms, Circulars, Letters.” 127. Mercantile Agency, circular, New York office, 1852, Dun and Bradstreet Collection, in folder marked “Forms, Circulars, ...
Rowena OLEGARIO, Rowena Olegario, 2009
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Supreme Court Rules
[2, 3] It appeared from the evidence that only a portion of the mJoney subscribed for shares was paid into the treasury of the defendant Mercantile Agency as capital) stock, the other portion being used to pay expenses of promotion; it also ...
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Encyclopedia of American Business History
When the Mercantile Agency was founded in New York City in 1841 by Lewis Tappan, it offered a new service to American businessmen. Before then, wholesalers, jobbers, and others seeking information about the creditworthiness of potential ...
Charles R. Geisst, 2009
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The British Columbia Mercantile Agency, 58 Cordova Street, ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
British Columbia Mercantile Agency, 2011
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One Kind of Freedom: The Economic Consequences of Emancipation
Mercantile Agency Credit Ledgers. Unpublished. Dun and Brad- street Archives, Baker Library, Harvard University. These Credit Ledgers contain synopses of reports from the Mercantile Agency's agents in the field. The reports are described ...
Roger L. Ransom, Richard Sutch, 2001
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Clive M. Schmitthoff's Select Essays on International Trade Law
Thirdly, the rules relating to mercantile agency indicate the limits to which the common law of agency will go in its protection of the third party. When we compare these rules with those on the German Prokura which represents the limit of ...
Clive Maximilian Schmitthoff, C. J. Cheng, Jiarui Cheng, 1988
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Born Losers: A History of Failure in America
“Mercantile Agencies,” NYT, 7 November 1851. 7. “Information,” The Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary: Complete Text Reproduced Micrographically (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1971), 1:1432. “Mercantile Agency,” The ...
Scott A Sandage, 2009
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Cradle of the Middle Class: The Family in Oneida County, New ...
50 Mother's Monthly Journal, August 1837, 127; Bradford Merrill, Mercantile Agency Records, 1844. 51 Will of Lewis Bailey, Vol. 12, 1857, WBOC. 52 Anson J . Upson, "An Address delivered at the First Anniversary of the Young Men's Christian ...
Mary P. Ryan, 1983
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Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the State ...
A few years after the establishment of the ' 'Mercantile Agency" and the " Commercial Agency," J. M. Brad street established "The Improved Mercantile Agency," which was some years afterwards incorporated, and known as "The Bradstreet ...
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A Treatise on Mercantile Agency
It includes the writings of major legal theorists, including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John Marshall, Joseph Story, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and Roscoe Pound, among others ...
John A Russell, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MERCANTILE AGENCY»

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Auckland's 175th anniversary: Fall on steps can't stop rise of city
There had been a recent banking crisis in Australia, a local building society had failed and the Loan and Mercantile Agency Company had ... «New Zealand Herald, Jun 15»
2
Marion County court records, May 26-29
Jason Myers. Western Mercantile Agency Inc. vs. Karen Monique Swift. Atlantic Credit & Finance Special Finance Unit III, LLC vs. Nicholas Hill. «Statesman Journal, May 15»
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Lt Dodson was hero to the last
During his seven years in Tauranga, Lieutenant Dodson was an auctioneer at the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. «New Zealand Herald, Apr 15»
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Marion County court records, April 10-23
Western Mercantile Agency Inc. vs. Vanessa Lopez-Crane. Ray Klein Inc. vs. Rosa E. Rivera. Metropolitan Agencies Inc. vs. Salvador Reyes ... «Statesman Journal, Apr 15»
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Answers to last week's quiz (#401)
Starting in the 1840s, the Mercantile Agency sent reporters into the field to collect information on businesses' creditworthiness. The data was ... «Business Standard, Mar 15»
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Marion County court records, Feb. 20-26
Western Mercantile Agency Inc. vs. Evaristo Lopez, Jr. Asset Recovery Group Inc. vs. Dennis J. Hills. Acctcorp International of Salem vs. «Statesman Journal, Feb 15»
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Vision Statement: The Birth of Modern Commercial Credit
The Mercantile Agency rated companies' ability to pay their debts and published those ratings in a series of guides. The Mercantile Agency was soon acquired ... «blogs.hbr.org, Dec 14»
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The early heart of Wellington
Just across the road from the Esplanade Hotel, at 262 Thorndon Quay, the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency built a woolhouse to ... «The Dominion Post, Oct 14»
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Records give insight into early Dunedin
A glimpse into the early history of Dunedin has been discovered by the developers of the historic New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency ... «Otago Daily Times, Jul 14»
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First steps in redevelopment
The exterior of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co Ltd building in Thomas Burns St, Dunedin. The first steps have been taken in ... «Otago Daily Times, Jul 14»

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