commercial activity
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3.2
- noun
- /kəˈmɜrʃəl ækˈtɪvɪti/
:
actividad comercial
- The new shopping mall has increased commercial activity in the area, boosting local businesses and employment.
- increased commercial activity
- engaged in commercial activities
- regulation of commercial activity
Examples
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We identify university engagements with commercial activity years before they were an expected feature of campus cultures.
Academic text (2016) -
The second group comprises those towns in which the principal thoroughfare has little or no commercial activity.
Academic text (2004) -
In that era, the private sector tried to avoid responsibility for the negative effects of its commercial activities.
Academic text (2000) -
Moreover, commercial speech is a massive component of commercial activity in this country.
Academic text (2018) -
The legislation I introduce today deals with a narrow zone of the Internet, commercial activity on the World Wide Web.
Academic text (2002) -
DARPA increasingly has found its time and money in commercial activity, and sometimes with great success, I might add.
Academic text (1993) -
At the most fundamental level, globalization simply means an expansion of the range of possible commercial activities.
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Every year, commercial activity grinds to a halt for this event in each principal town.
Academic text (1991) -
Environmental law is often the regulation of a byproduct of commercial activity, but not necessarily of commerce itself.
Academic text (2002) -
The code was quickly dusted off to permit the resumption of normal commercial activities.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
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1.0
Buying and selling goods or services to make money
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3.4
Actions done to run a company, like buying, selling or providing services
Antonyms
How Commercial
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning of 'commercial activity' is directly compositional: 'commercial' (relating to business/trade) modifies 'activity' (an action), so a learner who knows both words can infer an action done for business/profit. This follows a common noun-modifier pattern in English and in many other languages, making it readily understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Commercial activity comes from everyday market life: commercial means selling or trading and activity means something you do, so the phrase creates the picture of people working to sell goods or services. That's why commercial activity means work done in a 'business' 'to make a profit'.