commercial

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /kəˈmɜːʃəl/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /kəˈmɝʃəl/

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Adjective

Positive commercial

Comparative more commercial

Superlative most commercial

1. If something is commercial, it is related to buying, selling, trading and money.
   • Synonyms: business and economic

   Education is much more difficult than many industrial and commercial processes to measure.

   There is too much fishing, both commercial fishing and sport fishing.

Noun

Singular commercial

Plural commercials

1. (countable) A commercial is an advertisement on TV or radio.

   The actress recently appeared in a TV commercial for Meadowcup butter.

Related words

• commerce
• commercially
• commercialisation/commercialization
• commercialise/commercialize
• commercialised/commercialized
• commercialism