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commercial

Syllabification: (com·mer·cial)
Pronunciation: /kəˈmərSHəl/

(abbreviation: comm.)
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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

commerciality

Pronunciation: /kəˌmərSHēˈalitē/

noun

commercially

adverb

commercial in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of commercial in the British & World English dictionary

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