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   commercial

   /kəˈməːʃl/

   adjective

   • 1. concerned with or engaged in commerce: "a commercial agreement" Similar tradetradingbusinessprivate enterprisemercantilemerchantsalesarchaic:merchandising
   • 2. making or intended to make a profit: "commercial products" Similar profit-orientedmoney-orientedcommercializedmaterialisticmercenaryOpposite non-profit-making
   • ▪ having profit rather than artistic or other value as a primary aim: "their work is too commercial" Similar lucrativemoneymakingmoney-spinningprofitableprofit-makingfor-profitremunerativefinancially rewardingfruitfulgainfulproductiveviablecost-effectiveeconomicsuccessfulcommercially successfulOpposite loss-making
   • 3. (of television or radio) funded by the revenue from broadcast advertisements.
   • 4. (of chemicals) supplied in bulk and not of the highest purity.

   noun

   • 1. a television or radio advertisement: "they looked like a family from a breakfast cereal commercial"
   • 2. a travelling sales representative. dated British

   Derivatives

   • 1. commerciality noun

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