commercial Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a commercially sponsored ad on radio or television
    commercial message.
  2. adjective connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises
    • commercial trucker
    • commercial TV
    • commercial diamonds
  3. adjective of or relating to commercialism
    • a commercial attache
    • commercial paper
    • commercial law
  4. adjective satellite of the kind or quality used in commerce; average or inferior
    commercial-grade.
    • commercial grade of beef
    • commercial oxalic acid

WordNet

Com*mer"cial adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. commercial.
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages; commercial relations. "Princely commercial houses." Macaulay. Syn. -- See Mercantile.

Webster 1913