Definition of Mercantile

concerned with the buying and selling of goods for money

Examples of Mercantile in a sentence

I joined our family’s mercantile business, buying and selling paper goods.  🔊

The food show is mercantile, with everyone competing for business.  🔊

Downtown used to be very mercantile, with merchants selling their products.  🔊

Jack has a mercantile mentality, so he’s fine if you haggle on price.  🔊

The mercantile tribe members trade their lumber in exchange for protection.  🔊

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