Antonyms for commercial
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : kuh-mur-shuh l |
Phonetic Transcription : kəˈmɜr ʃəl |
Definition of commercial
Origin :- 1680s, "pertaining to trade," from commerce + -al (1). Meaning "paid for by advertisements" (in reference to radio, TV, etc.) is from 1932; meaning "done for the sake of financial profit" (of art, etc.) is from 1871. Related: Commercially.
- adj concerning business, marketing
- adj intended for financial gain
- A commercial minister had appeared on the scene, and the shade of Hoskisson had revived.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- The spirit of competition and commercial rivalry was absent.
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
- Nevertheless he was not very sanguine of making it a commercial success.
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
- A commercial pursuit is one in which the thing pursued is a dollar.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- A commercial republic is but an admirable machine for making money.
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- There you are with the Whole Duty of Man in a commercial country.'
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- Strangers come every day; oil has lubricated every commercial joint.
- Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
- The first strictly commercial transactions were with the Indians.
- Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
- He has also, for a number of years, been a director of the Commercial Bank of Cleveland.
- Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
- Now that gambler pretends he is a commercial traveller from Buffalo.
- Extract from : « In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories » by Robert Barr
Synonyms for commercial
- across the counter
- bartering
- commissary
- economic
- exchange
- exploited
- financial
- fiscal
- for profit
- for sale
- in demand
- in the market
- investment
- market
- marketable
- materialistic
- mercantile
- mercenary
- merchandising
- monetary
- money-making
- pecuniary
- popular
- profit-making
- profitable
- profitmaking
- retail
- retailing
- saleable
- sales
- supplying
- trade
- trading
- venal
- Wall Street
- wholesale
- wholesaling
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