commercial

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a commercially sponsored ad on radio or television
adjective connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises
adjective of or relating to commercialism

From French commercial (“of, or pertaining to commerce”), from Late Latin commercialis, from Latin commercium. By surface analysis, commerce + -ial.

Soames—at the Church and Commercial Stores. — The Forsyte Saga - Complete, John Galsworthy
THE WAR FOR COMMERCIAL INDEPENDENCE XIX. — A School History of the United States, John Bach McMaster
[1] =Casas de Comercio=, Commercial houses. — The Spanish American Reader, Ernesto Nelson

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