amerce | (verb) punish with an arbitrary penalty | - |
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(verb) punish by a fine imposed arbitrarily by the discretion of the court | - |
amercement | (noun) money extracted as a penalty | Synonyms: fine, mulct |
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amerciable | (adjective) of a crime or misdemeanor; punishable by a fine set by a judge | - |
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commerce | (noun) transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) | Synonyms: commercialism, mercantilism |
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(noun) social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc. | - |
commercial | (adjective) connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to commercialism | - |
(adjective) of the kind or quality used in commerce; average or inferior | Synonyms: commercial-grade |
(adjective) profit oriented | Synonyms: mercantile, mercenary, moneymaking |
(noun) a commercially sponsored ad on radio or television | Synonyms: commercial message |
commercialisation | (noun) the act of commercializing something; involving something in commerce | Synonyms: commercialization |
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commercialise | (verb) make commercial | Synonyms: commercialize, market |
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commercialised | (adjective) organized principally for financial gain | Synonyms: commercialized |
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commercialism | (noun) transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) | Synonyms: commerce, mercantilism |
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commercialization | (noun) the act of commercializing something; involving something in commerce | Synonyms: commercialisation |
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commercialize | (verb) make commercial | Synonyms: commercialise, market |
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(verb) exploit for maximal profit, usually by sacrificing quality | - |
commercialized | (adjective) organized principally for financial gain | Synonyms: commercialised |
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commercially | (adverb) in a commercial manner | - |
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infomercial | (noun) a television commercial presented in the form of a short documentary | Synonyms: informercial |
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informercial | (noun) a television commercial presented in the form of a short documentary | Synonyms: infomercial |
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mercantile | (adjective) of or relating to the economic system of mercantilism | - |
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(adjective) relating to or characteristic of trade or traders | - |
(adjective) profit oriented | Synonyms: commercial, mercenary, moneymaking |
mercantilism | (noun) transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) | Synonyms: commerce, commercialism |
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(noun) an economic system (Europe in 18th century) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests | Synonyms: mercantile system |
mercaptopurine | (noun) a drug (trade name Purinethol) that interferes with the metabolism of purine and is used to treat acute lymphocytic leukemia | Synonyms: Purinethol |
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mercenariness | (noun) The state or condition of being motivated by private gain. | - |
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mercenary | (adjective) profit oriented | Synonyms: commercial, mercantile, moneymaking |
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(adjective) serving for wages in a foreign army | Synonyms: free-lance, freelance |
(adjective) marked by materialism | Synonyms: materialistic, worldly-minded |
(noun) a person hired to fight for another country than their own | Synonyms: soldier of fortune |
mercer | (noun) a dealer in textiles (especially silks) | - |
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mercerise | (verb) treat to strengthen and improve the luster | Synonyms: mercerize |
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mercerised | (adjective) of cotton thread that has been treated with sodium hydroxide to shrink it and increase its luster and affinity for dye | Synonyms: mercerized |
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mercerize | (verb) treat to strengthen and improve the luster | Synonyms: mercerise |
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mercerized | (adjective) of cotton thread that has been treated with sodium hydroxide to shrink it and increase its luster and affinity for dye | Synonyms: mercerised |
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merchandise | (noun) items for sale to the individual consumer | Synonyms: product, ware |
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(noun) branded products meant to promote another product, especially films and pop groups | Synonyms: merchandising |
(verb) engage in the trade of | Synonyms: trade |
merchandiser | (noun) a businessperson engaged in retail trade | Synonyms: merchant |
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merchandising | (noun) the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money | Synonyms: marketing, selling |
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(noun) the business of drawing public attention to goods and services | Synonyms: advertising, publicizing |
(noun) branded products meant to promote another product, especially films and pop groups | Synonyms: merchandise |
merchant | (noun) a businessperson engaged in retail trade | Synonyms: merchandiser |
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merchantability | (noun) the state of being fit for market; ready to be bought or sold | - |
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merchantable | (adjective) fit to be offered for sale | Synonyms: marketable, sellable, vendable, vendible |
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merchantman | (noun) a cargo ship | Synonyms: bottom, freighter, merchant ship |
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merciful | (adjective) showing or giving mercy | - |
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(adjective) (used conventionally of royalty and high nobility) gracious | - |
mercifully | (adverb) in a compassionate manner | - |
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mercifulness | (noun) leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice | Synonyms: clemency, mercy |
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(noun) a disposition to be kind and forgiving | Synonyms: mercy |
(noun) the feeling that motivates compassion | Synonyms: mercy |
merciless | (adjective) having or showing no mercy | Synonyms: unmerciful |
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mercilessly | (adverb) without pity; in a merciless manner | Synonyms: pitilessly, remorselessly, unmercifully |
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mercilessness | (noun) inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving | Synonyms: unmercifulness |
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(noun) feelings of extreme heartlessness | Synonyms: cruelty, pitilessness, ruthlessness |
mercurial | (adjective) relating to or containing or caused by mercury | - |
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(adjective) liable to sudden unpredictable change | Synonyms: erratic, fickle, quicksilver |
mercuric | (adjective) of or containing mercury | Synonyms: mercurous |
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mercurous | (adjective) of or containing mercury | Synonyms: mercuric |
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mercury | (noun) temperature measured by a mercury thermometer | - |
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(noun) a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures | Synonyms: atomic number 80, Hg, hydrargyrum, quicksilver |
mercy | (noun) leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice | Synonyms: clemency, mercifulness |
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(noun) alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed | - |
(noun) a disposition to be kind and forgiving | Synonyms: mercifulness |
(noun) the feeling that motivates compassion | Synonyms: mercifulness |
(noun) something for which to be thankful | - |
noncommercial | (adjective) not connected with or engaged in commercial enterprises | - |
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summercater | (noun) (Maine colloquial) a temporary summer resident of Maine | Synonyms: sport |
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summercaters | (noun) (Maine colloquial) temporary summer residents of coastal Maine | - |
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telecommerce | (noun) the use of the telephone as an interactive medium for promotion and sales | Synonyms: telemarketing, teleselling |
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uncommercial | (adjective) not conducive to commercial success | - |
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uncommercialised | (adjective) not having been commercialized | Synonyms: uncommercialized |
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uncommercialized | (adjective) not having been commercialized | Synonyms: uncommercialised |
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unmercenary | (adjective) not mercenary; not influenced by financial gains | - |
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unmerchantable | (adjective) not fit for sale | Synonyms: unmarketable, unvendible |
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unmerciful | (adjective) having or showing no mercy | Synonyms: merciless |
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unmercifully | (adverb) without pity; in a merciless manner | Synonyms: mercilessly, pitilessly, remorselessly |
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unmercifulness | (noun) inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving | Synonyms: mercilessness |
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