mercantile


mercantile (http://definr.com/mercantile)

     adj 1: of or relating to the economic system of mercantilism;
            "mercantile theories"; "mercantile system"
     2: profit oriented; "a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile
        and militant patriotism"- John Buchan; "a mercenary
        enterprise"; "a moneymaking business" [syn: mercenary, moneymaking(a)]
     3: of or relating to or characteristic of trade or traders;
        "the mercantile North was forging ahead"- Van Wyck Brooks
        [syn: business(a)]