Search Result for "mercantile_system":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an economic system (Europe in 18th century) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests;
[syn: mercantilism, mercantile system]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mercantile system
    n 1: an economic system (Europe in 18th century) to increase a
         nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the
         nation's commercial interests [syn: mercantilism,
         mercantile system]