English noun: mercantilism |
| 1. | mercantilism (group) an economic system (Europe in 18th century) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests |
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| Synonyms | mercantile system |
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| Broader (hypernym) | managed economy |
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| Domain region | Europe |
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| 2. | mercantilism (act) transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) |
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| Synonyms | commerce, commercialism |
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| Broader (hypernym) | dealing, dealings, transaction |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | business, business enterprise, carriage trade, commercial enterprise, defrayal, defrayment, distribution, e-commerce, evasion, exchange, exportation, exporting, importation, importing, initial offering, initial public offering, interchange, IPO, marketing, marketing, merchandising, nonpayment, payment, selling, trade, trading, traffic |
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| Part holonym | shipping, transport, transportation |
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| Attribute | commercial, noncommercial |
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| Domain category members | antique, arbitrage, auction, auction off, auctioneer, barter away, broker, browse, buy, buy in, clear, commercialise, commercialize, comparison-shop, deaccession, deal, deal, export, fob off, foist off, franchise, get, hock, import, impulse-buy, liquidize, market, market, market, market, merchandise, negociate, palm off, pawn, pick up, purchase, realise, realize, remainder, resell, retail, retail, sell, sell, sell out, sell short, sell up, shop, shop, smuggle, soak, stock, stock up, take, trade, trade, trade, trade, trade in, traffic, transact, trust, turn, turn over, usance, wholesale |
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