COMMERCIAL

commercial. Commercial, a. relating to trade, trading

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Com‐mer″cial (?), a. [[Cf. F. commercial.]] Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages; commercial relations. “Princely commercial houses.” Macaulay. Commercial college, a school for giving instruction in commercial knowledge and business. — Commercial law. See under Law. — Commercial note paper, a small size of writing paper, usually about 5 by 7½ or 8 inches. — Commercial paper, negotiable paper given in due course of business. It includes bills of exchange, promissory notes, bank checks, etc. — Commercial traveler, an agent of a wholesale house who travels from town to town to solicit orders. Syn. — See Mercantile.