MERCANTILE in a Sentence
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Example sentences for MERCANTILE, such as:Meanwhile he held on to his modest position in a mercantile house in New Orleans, where an equal familiarity with English, French and ...
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Meanings and Examples of MERCANTILE
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mercantile
a. relating to or characteristic of trade or traders
a. profit oriented
Classic Sentence:
1 Meanwhile he held on to his modest position in a mercantile house in New Orleans, where an equal familiarity with English, French and Spanish gave him no small value as a clerk and correspondent.
2 The story of "old Prue," in the second volume, was an incident that fell under the personal observation of a brother of the writer, then collecting-clerk to a large mercantile house, in New Orleans.
3 Her husband was captain of a mercantile boat plying between Dublin and Holland; and they had one child.
4 At the end of two months, being obliged to go to Lisbon about some mercantile affairs, he took the two philosophers with him in his ship.
Example Sentence:
1 The ultimate purpose of mercantile policy was to enhance national strength, provide self-sufficiency, and pay for military power.