commercial

adjective

/kəˈmɜː.ʃəl/

/-ˈmɝː-/

Definition

B2 related to buying and selling things: a commercial organization/venture/success commercial law The commercial future of the company looks very promising.Business and commerce - general words › disapproving describes a record, film, book, etc. that has been produced with the aim of making money and as a result has little artistic valueBusiness and commerce - general words › [before noun] describes a product that can be bought by or is intended to be bought by the general publicBusiness and commerce - general words C2 [before noun] refers to radio or television paid for by advertisements that are broadcast between and during programmesAdvertising, marketing and merchandisingRetailingBroadcasting organizations commercially

/-i/ adverb › Does the market research show that the product will succeed commercially (= make a profit)? The drug won't be commercially available (= able to be bought) until it has been thoroughly tested.Business and commerce - general words

(Definition of commercial adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)