'Commercial' definitions:
Definition of 'commercial'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises; "commercial trucker"; "commercial TV"; "commercial diamonds" [ant: noncommercial]
adjective
Of or relating to commercialism; "a commercial attache"; "commercial paper"; "commercial law"
adjective
Of the kind or quality used in commerce; average or inferior; "commercial grade of beef"; "commercial oxalic acid" [syn: commercial, commercial-grade]
noun
A commercially sponsored ad on radio or television [syn: commercial, commercial message]
Definition of 'Commercial'
From: GCIDE
- Commercial \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. [1913 Webster]
- 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 71/2 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'commercial'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- banausic,
- breadwinning,
- broadcast,
- business,
- businesslike,
- canned show,
- commercial announcement,
- commercial program,
- electrical transcription,
- industrial,
- materialistic,
- mercantile,
- merchant,
- moneymaking,
- network show,
- newscast,
- plug,
- practical,
- prosaic,
- radio fare,
- radiobroadcast,
- realistic,
- rebroadcast,
- rerun,
- retail,
- serial,
- soap opera,
- sound effects,
- sportscast,
- spot,
- spot announcement,
- sustainer,
- taped program,
- trade,
- trading,
- utilitarian,
- wholesale,
- workaday,
- workday,
- working
Words containing 'Commercial'
- Commercialism,
- Commercially,
- commercialization,
- commercialize,
- commercialized,
- Commercial Point,
- Commercial college,
- Commercial law,
- Commercial paper,
- Commercial traveler,
- commercial activity,
- commercial agency,
- commercial art,
- commercial artist,
- commercial bank,
- commercial bribery,
- commercial credit,
- commercial document,
- commercial enterprise,
- commercial instrument,
- commercial loan,
- commercial message,
- commercial traveller,
- commercial treaty,
- Commercial Point, OH,
- Commercial note paper,
- commercial credit company,
- commercial finance company,
- commercial letter of credit,
- commercial-grade