Definition of mercantilism

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Definition of mercantilism

  • transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. commerce
    2. commercialism
  • an economic system (Europe in 18th century) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. mercantile system

See definition of mercantilism in Merriam Webster