Hypertext Webster Gateway: "commercial"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Commercial \Com*mer"cial\, a. [Cf. F. commercial.]
Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with
commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages;
commercial relations. ``Princely commercial houses.''
--Macaulay.
{Commercial college}, a school for giving instruction in
commercial knowledge and business.
{Commercial law}. See under {Law}.
{Commercial note paper}, a small size of writing paper,
usually about 5 by 71/2 or 8 inches.
{Commercial paper}, negotiable paper given in due course of
business. It includes bills of exchange, promissory notes,
bank checks, etc.
{Commercial traveler}, an agent of a wholesale house who
travels from town to town to solicit orders.
Syn: See {Mercantile}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
commercial
adj 1: connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in
commerce or commercial enterprises; "commercial
trucker"; "commercial TV"; "commercial diamonds" [ant:
{noncommercial}]
2: of or relating to commercialism; "a commercial attache";
"commercial paper"; "commercial law"
3: of the kind or quality used in commerce; average or
inferior; "commercial grade of beef"; "commercial oxalic
acid"
n : a commercially sponsored ad on radio or television [syn: {commercial
message}]
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