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mercantile adjective
/ˈmɜː.kən.taɪl/
/ˈmɝː-/ adj formal Definition
related to trade or business
(Definition of mercantile adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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