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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a commercially sponsored ad on radio or television;
[syn: commercial, commercial message]


ADJECTIVE (3)

1. connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises;
- Example: "commercial trucker"
- Example: "commercial TV"
- Example: "commercial diamonds"

2. of or relating to commercialism;
- Example: "a commercial attache"
- Example: "commercial paper"
- Example: "commercial law"

3. of the kind or quality used in commerce; average or inferior;
- Example: "commercial grade of beef"
- Example: "commercial oxalic acid"
[syn: commercial, commercial-grade]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Commercial \Com*mer"cial\, a. [Cf. F. commercial.] Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages; commercial relations. "Princely commercial houses." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] Commercial college, a school for giving instruction in commercial knowledge and business. Commercial law. See under Law. Commercial note paper, a small size of writing paper, usually about 5 by 71/2 or 8 inches. Commercial paper, negotiable paper given in due course of business. It includes bills of exchange, promissory notes, bank checks, etc. Commercial traveler, an agent of a wholesale house who travels from town to town to solicit orders. Syn: See Mercantile. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

commercial adj 1: connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises; "commercial trucker"; "commercial TV"; "commercial diamonds" [ant: noncommercial] 2: of or relating to commercialism; "a commercial attache"; "commercial paper"; "commercial law" 3: of the kind or quality used in commerce; average or inferior; "commercial grade of beef"; "commercial oxalic acid" [syn: commercial, commercial-grade] n 1: a commercially sponsored ad on radio or television [syn: commercial, commercial message]