Com*mer"cial (?), a.
[Cf. F. commercial.]
Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages; commercial relations. "Princely commercial
houses." 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 7½ 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.
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