commercial

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Connected with buying and selling or with business.

   The building is used for commercial purposes, not for housing.

2. 2
   noun

   An advertisement shown on television or played on the radio.

   She appeared in a commercial for breakfast cereal.

3. 3
   adj

   Made or intended to make a profit.

   The film was a big commercial success.

Common collocations

• commercial bank Adjective + noun

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Late Latin con- Proto-Italic *merks Late Latin merx Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Late Latin -ium Late Latin commercium Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Late Latin -ālis Late Latin commerciālislbor. French commercialbor. English commercial From French commercial (“of, or pertaining to commerce”), from Late Latin commercialis, from Latin commercium. By surface analysis, commerce + -ial.

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