commercial Syllabification: (com·mer·cial)Pronunciation: /kəˈmərSHəl/ (abbreviation: comm.)Translate commercial | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of commercial adjective 1concerned with or engaged in commerce:a commercial agreement 2making or intended to make a profit:commercial products having profit, rather than artistic or other value, as a primary aim:their work is too commercial 3(of television or radio) funded by the revenue from broadcast advertisements. 4(of chemicals) supplied in bulk and not of the highest purity. noun a television or radio advertisement. Derivatives commercialityPronunciation: /kəˌmərSHēˈalitē/ noun commercially adverb commercial in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of commercial in the British & World English dictionary