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• a  of or relating to the economic system of mercantilism
  mercantile theories
  mercantile system
• s  profit oriented
  preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan
• s  relating to or characteristic of trade or traders
  the mercantile North was forging ahead"- Van Wyck Brooks

• Just as Wall Street is the embodiment of America's financial industry, "the bazaar" stands for the mercantile and commercial interests that form a core constituency in Iran.
• By pioneering an eastbound passage around the Cape of Good Hope in the 15th century, Portugal dominated the spice routes and became a great mercantile power, establishing a .
• In its first two hours, which moves with whirring assurance, the film establishes two pairs of potent contradictions: the mercantile North vs.

• mercenary
• moneymaking

News & Articles

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• Mukilteo engineers unveil tsunami survival capsule
  On Wednesday, Sharpe, Hill and partners Anthony Figlioli and Aaron Acklen of Survival Capsule LLC and IDEA International, Inc., introduced the first production version of the bright orange SC2001 tsunami survival capsule at Mukilteo Lighthouse Park and delivered it Thursday to Iwao Iwama, managing director of Toho Mercantile Co. in Tokyo.
  June 14, 2013 - Everett Herald
• Oil prices fall toward $96 ahead of release of May US industrial production
  BANGKOK — Oil prices fell slightly Friday as traders awaited the release of industrial production data from the U.S. later in the day. Benchmark oil for July delivery fell 10 cents to $96.59 per barrel at midday Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
  June 14, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
• Polebridge Mercantile
  Few places withstand the forces of change. And few places remain the same today as they were a century ago. Fortunately for us, the Polebridge Mercantile is one of those places. Rambling along Montana Highway 486 from Columbia Falls, time fades with the passing of each of the 35 miles it takes to get to the rough-handed North Fork Valley town of Polebridge. In many ways, the trip defines “off ...
  June 11, 2013 - Flathead Beacon

Quotes

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• Rod Blagojevich in CattleNetwork.com
  I want to congratulate CME Group on their merger of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange with the Chicago Board of Trade and for 160 years of futures trading,said Governor Blagojevich. "The merger of these world-class exchanges will make the...
• Vahid Hashemian in Tehran Times
  The Mehr News Agency quoted Ali Akbar Hashemian as saying that, "Iran Mercantile Exchange's international exchange hall of crude, oil products and petrochemical goods will be officially inaugurated next week."
• Michael Milken in New York Times
  Using a somewhat strained analogy of medieval class conflicts, Mr. Milken said: "In England and other monarchies, the king enjoyed the allegiance of the nobles, who lorded it over the mercantile class. But with the spread of knowledge through the...