commercial

Examples

• All

• Matthew is a 31-year-old Mi'kmaq man and has been the captain of a commercial fishing vessel for six years.

  Academic text (2008)

• A variety of software packages are available on the commercial market, including the following:

  Academic text (1993)

• How many of these big, big, big commercial buildings are now empty?

• A commercial real estate convention.

  The Loft (2014)

• But the resulting success was not only commercial but also cultural.

  Academic text (2012)

• Just made the first commercial delivery by drone.

• I operate a commercial fishing boat.

  Great Expectations (1998)

• It'll be some time until the problems in commercial real estate are worked out.

• Stacks of memory chips have been in commercial use for more than ten years.

  Academic text (2011)

• Our intent was for the remaining two commercial units to be used in classrooms throughout the campus.

  Academic text (1990)

Synonyms

C

commercial-grade

vscommercial

3 4.4

Made to be strong and last a long time for use in businesses or industry

emphasizes that such goods are often average or inferior

Antonyms

S

superior

237 4.2

Better in quality or performance than similar things

Compounds

C

commercial bank

• Specialized

15 3.0

A business that takes money from people and businesses, lends it, and helps with payments

C

commercial enterprise

5 3.4

A business that sells goods or services to make money

C

commercial activity

4 3.2

Business activity that aims to make money

C

commercial loan

4 3.4

An amount of money a bank gives a business that it must pay back with interest

C

commercial message

3 3.4

An advertisement on radio or television paid for by a sponsor

C

commercial-grade

3 4.4

Made to be strong and last a long time for use in businesses or industry

C

commercial paper

• Specialized

3 6.3

A short-term loan companies issue to raise money quickly

C

commercial artist

1 3.5

An artist who makes pictures and designs for ads and product packaging

C

commercial law

• Specialized

1 3.8

Rules that control business and trade between companies

C

commercial credit

• Specialized

1 4.1

Money that banks lend to businesses to buy goods or pay business costs

C

commercial art

1 3.2

Designs made to promote products or services

C

commercial traveler

• Archaic

1 4.4

A person who travels to sell goods or take orders

C

commercial agency

1 3.6

A company that gives businesses information about other companies, like credit ratings

C

commercial bribery

• Specialized

1 7.4

Giving money or gifts to a business employee so they choose you for a contract

C

commercial treaty

• Formal

1 5.1

An agreement between countries about trade rules and taxes

C

commercial instrument

• Specialized

1 6.9

A legal document that businesses use to make or record payments

C

commercial finance company

• Specialized

1 5.5

A company that lends money to businesses like manufacturers or wholesalers

C

commercial document

• Specialized

1 3.3

A paper or electronic record used in business, for example an invoice

C

commercial letter of credit

• Specialized

1 5.6

A bank's written promise to pay a seller for goods when required papers arrive

C

commercial credit company

• Specialized

1 4.8

A company that lends money to businesses like manufacturers and wholesalers

How High-Quality

luxury

369 4.2

premium

101 4.3

standard

673 2.7

commercial

40 3.2

cheap

148 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology