Definition of commercial
1a (1) : occupied with or engaged in commerce or work intended for commerce a commercial artist (2) : of or relating to commerce commercial regulations commercial services (3) : characteristic of commerce commercial weights (4) : suitable, adequate, or prepared for commerce found oil in commercial quantitiesb (1) : being of an average or inferior quality commercial oxalic acid show-quality versus commercial cattle (2) : producing artistic work of low standards for quick market success
2a : viewed with regard to profit a commercial success of no commercial valueb : designed for a large market commercial coffee production
3 : emphasizing skills and subjects useful in business a commercial school
4 : supported by advertisers commercial TV
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Examples of commercial in a Sentence
Their music is too commercial.
The average American sees and hears thousands of commercial messages each day.
Recent Examples of commercial from the Web
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If an art-house film gets credit for what commercial movies have already done much better, then Katherine’s victims aren’t the only suckers here.
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The new law allows new passenger bus beverage permits — at the cost of $500 a year — that give operators of passenger buses the same right to sell alcohol that commercial planes have.
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Benck, a former pilot who restored commercial aircraft during his career, has restored an early 1950s-era Allis-Chalmers WD45 tractor and plow.
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Shannon’ — a tough one to come by but worth looking for, this one was selected by Theodore Klein back during the time that Yew Dell Botanical Gardens was his own commercial nursery.
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In one, an F-22 Raptor coming in for a landing nearly collided with a small, commercial unmanned aerial drone.
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And better yet, the WE Day special will be commercial-free so that people who missed the event can also get a bit more informed about people helping change the world.
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The driver, 56-year-old Kenny B. Ford of Texas, had been fined three years ago in Missouri for operating a commercial vehicle without proper brakes.
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Hell, even the Pepsi commercial debacle somehow ended with Kendall being apologized to, rather than Kendall engaging with criticism about how tone deaf the ad was.
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Origin and Etymology of commercial
see 1commerce
Other Business Terms
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Definition of commercial
: an advertisement on radio or television
Examples of commercial in a Sentence
a commercial for a new kind of soap
Recent Examples of commercial from the Web
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While pregnant women and children make sympathetic victims in Democratic campaign commercials, changes to Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion don’t apply to them, because the expansion didn’t apply to them in the first place.
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The commercial was widely criticized for being tone deaf and trivializing movements like Black Lives Matter.
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The commercial is also poignant look back at a time of tremendous cultural transformation.
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The legislation would press for swifter development of a new, low-altitude air-traffic system for small drones, create a faster approval process for commercial operators and develop a new certification system for small-drone commercial operators.
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Panicked, the producers quickly cut to a commercial.
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Listeners to public radio might have to make do with America’s 4,666 AM and 6,754 FM commercial stations, 437 satellite radio channels, perhaps 70,000 podcasts, and other internet and streaming services.
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In support of Paris, CA billionaires pledge to never again fly private, will only fly commercial.
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BuzzFeed reports that companies like Cars.com, Crowne Plaza Hotels, Peloton bicycles, Casper, Leesa Sleep, and Ring home security have all pulled their commercials from Hannity’s show.
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First Known Use of commercial
1935
COMMERCIAL Defined for English Language Learners
commercial
playDefinition of commercial for English Language Learners
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: related to or used in the buying and selling of goods and services
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: concerned with earning money
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: relating to or based on the amount of profit that something earns
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Definition of commercial for English Language Learners
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: an advertisement on radio or television
COMMERCIAL Defined for Kids
Definition of commercial for Students
: an advertisement broadcast on radio or television
Definition of commercial for Students
1 : having to do with the buying and selling of goods and services
2 : used to earn a profit a commercial jet
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adverbLaw Dictionary
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Legal Definition of commercial
: of or relating to commerce commercial regulations
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