The meaning of Commercial

noun

An advertisement.

Usage examples:

The latest television lager ad

noun

Short for advantage.

prefix

Denoting motion or direction to.

Usage examples:

Advance

noun

An advertisement.

Usage examples:

Amid all the gloom and doom in the advertising industry giant adverts seem to be bucking the trend.

verb

Refer to in speaking or writing.

Usage examples:

I have already adverted to the solar revolution

noun

A notice or announcement in a public medium promoting a product, service, or event or publicizing a job vacancy.

Usage examples:

Advertisements for alcoholic drinks

noun

A paid notice that tells people about a product or service

Usage examples:

I saw an advertisement for the job in yesterday’s paper.

noun

A picture, sign, etc. that is used to make a product or service known and persuade people to buy it

Usage examples:

An advertisement for sth her first modelling job was in an advertisement for baked beans., place/pu…

noun

A person's regular occupation, profession, or trade.

Usage examples:

Experts who typically conduct their business over the internet

noun

The activity of buying and selling goods and services, or a particular company that does this, or work in general rather than pleasure

Usage examples:

[ c ] he runs a dry cleaning business., [ u ] i’m in baltimore on business., [ u ] our firm does a …

noun

The activity of buying and selling goods and services

Usage examples:

In business she is an academic, but all her brothers work in business., be in business currently, f…

adjective

Designed principally for financial gain; profit-orientated.

Usage examples:

Christmas is overly commercialized

verb

Manage or exploit (an organization, activity, etc.) in a way designed to make a profit.

Usage examples:

The museum has been commercialized

adjective

Organized in order to make a profit

Usage examples:

What a pity christmas has become so commercialized., the mountains are remarkably unspoilt and much…

verb

Put (something) in a prominent place in order that it may readily be seen.

Usage examples:

The palace used to display a series of tapestries

noun

A performance, show, or event staged for public entertainment.

Usage examples:

A display of fireworks

verb

Something intended to communicate a particular impression

adjective

Excessively concerned with material possessions; money-oriented.

Usage examples:

We're living in a highly materialistic society

noun

Marked by a desire for wealth and possessions

adjective

Believing that having money and possessions is the most important thing in life

adjective

Relating to trade or commerce; commercial.

Usage examples:

The shift of wealth to the mercantile classes

adjective

Relating to trade

Usage examples:

Instead of mercantile competition with europe and america, chinese capitalists have been looking to…

adjective

Primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics.

Usage examples:

She's nothing but a mercenary little gold-digger

noun

A professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army.

Usage examples:

He had planned to seize power with the aid of a group of mercenaries

noun

A person hired to fight for another country than their own

noun

The activity of promoting the sale of goods, especially by their presentation in retail outlets.

Usage examples:

Problems rooted in poor merchandising

verb

Promote the sale of (goods), especially by their presentation in retail outlets.

Usage examples:

A new breakfast food can easily be merchandised

noun

The activity of advertising or selling goods

noun

A person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially one dealing with foreign countries or supplying goods to a particular trade.

Usage examples:

A builders' merchant

adjective

(in historical contexts) relating to merchants or commerce.

Usage examples:

The growth of the merchant classes

noun

A person whose business is buying and selling goods for profit

noun

A piece of solid material fitting tightly into a hole and blocking it up.

Usage examples:

Somewhere in the pipes there is a plug of ice blocking the flow

verb

Short for fireplug.

noun

Activity that supports or encourages a cause, venture, or aim.

Usage examples:

The promotion of cultural and racial diversity

noun

The advancement of someone to a more important rank or position

Usage examples:

[ c/u ] she’s been recommended for a promotion.

noun

The process or fact of giving someone a higher or more important job

Usage examples:

Employees worry that saying 'no' to the boss decreases their chances of advancement and promotion.,…

verb

Exert force on (someone or something) in order to move them away from oneself.

Usage examples:

She pushed her glass towards him

noun

An act of pushing someone or something in order to move them away from oneself.

Usage examples:

He closed the door with a push

verb

Move with force, "he pushed the table into a corner"

noun

The exchange of a commodity for money; the action of selling something.

Usage examples:

We withdrew it from sale

plural noun

The number of items sold

Usage examples:

[ c ] us car sales got off to a hot start in january., he works in sales.

noun

The action of buying and selling goods and services.

Usage examples:

A move to ban all trade in ivory

verb

Buy and sell goods and services.

Usage examples:

Middlemen trading in luxury goods

noun

The activity of buying and selling goods and services esp. between countries

Usage examples:

[ u ] foreign trade, [ u ] a trade agreement, [ c ] the building trades, [ u ] he’s an auto mechani…

noun

The action or activity of buying and selling goods and services.

Usage examples:

Trading profits leapt

verb

Buy and sell goods and services.

Usage examples:

Middlemen trading in luxury goods

noun

The business of buying and selling goods and services

Usage examples:

The retail sector showed signs of improvement following better than expected christmas trading., ch…