commercial : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: commercial	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for commercial
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
commercial adj connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises; "commercial trucker"; "commercial TV"; "commercial diamonds" Antonym(s): noncommercial of or relating to commercialism; "a commercial attache"; "commercial paper"; "commercial law" of the kind or quality used in commerce; average or inferior; "commercial grade of beef"; "commercial oxalic acid" Synonym(s): commercial, commercial-grade n a commercially sponsored ad on radio or television [syn: commercial, commercial message]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Commercial \Commer"cial\, a. [Cf. F. commercial.] Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial* advantages; commercial relations. [bd]Princely commercial houses.[b8] --Macaulay. {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 7[ab] 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}.