commercial

CEFRB1

/kəˈmɜː.ʃəl/

adjective · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Related to buying and selling for profit.

  2. 02

    noun

    An advertisement on television, radio, or the internet.

Examples

  • There are many commercial firms in New York.

  • The TV commercial is drawing well.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. A commercial trader, as opposed to an individual speculator.

  2. A commercial traveller.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. An advertisement in a common media format, usually radio or television.

More examples

In context

  • She was in a commercial for breakfast cereal.

  • I have more than once had to lend a commercial money to pay his fare home; as he had played shell-out and lost the lot.

  • Five persons went to the house after the milkman was gone, and that there Arab party was safe inside, — three of them was commercials, that I know, because afterwards they came to me.

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Origin

adjective

From French commercial (“of, or pertaining to commerce”), from Late Latin commercialis, from Latin commercium. By surface analysis, commerce + -ial.