Mercantile – Engaged in trade
(Pronounced mur-khun-tahyl)
REMEMBER MEANING OF MERCANTILE
Engaged in trade. Relating to the business of buying and selling.
To remember the definition of the word mercantile, use the following mnemonic:
Merchants on islands (mercantile) love buying and selling.
Examples of mercantile in a sentence
Downtown used to be very mercantile, with merchants selling their products.
The mercantile tribe members trade their lumber in exchange for protection.
Many of the best-known mercantile firms and banks of the Far East have branches in Bangkok.
