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commercial

 
/kəˈmɜr·ʃəl/ adj

Definition

intended to make money, or relating to a business intended to make money: The movie was a commercial success (= it made money), but the critics hated it.
(Definition of commercial adj from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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