transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) | the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold |
an economic system (Europe in 18th century) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests | a marketplace where groceries are sold |
| an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up |
| the customers for a particular product or service |
| the securities markets in the aggregate |