mercantilism

Noun
  1. domain region: europe - the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles
    is a type of: managed economy - a non-market economy in which government intervention is important in allocating goods and resources and determining prices
    same as: mercantile system
  2. tells us about:
    • commercial - connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises
    • noncommercial - not connected with or engaged in commercial enterprises
    associated with:
    • usance - the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange)
    • commercialise, commercialize, market - make commercial
    • buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
    • take - buy, select
    • get - purchase
    • clear - sell
    • turn - get by buying and selling
    • negociate - sell or discount
    • sell - exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
    • sell short - sell securities or commodities or foreign currency that is not actually owned by the seller, who hopes to cover (buy back) the sold items at a lower price and thus to earn a profit
    • remainder - sell cheaply as remainders
    • resell - sell (something) again after having bought it
    • deaccession - sell (art works) from a collection, especially in order to raise money for the purchase of other art works
    • fob off, foist off, palm off - sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive
    • realise, realize - convert into cash; of goods and property
    • auction, auction off, auctioneer - sell at an auction
    • deal, sell, trade - do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood
    • transact - conduct business
    • deal - sell
    • retail - sell on the retail market
    • wholesale - sell in large quantities
    • liquidize, sell out, sell up - sell or get rid of all one's merchandise
    • trade, trade in - turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase
    • merchandise, trade - engage in the trade of
    • traffic - trade or deal a commodity
    • arbitrage - practice arbitrage, as in the stock market
    • turn over - do business worth a certain amount of money
    • broker - act as a broker
    • trust - (chiefly archaic) extend credit to
    • pick up - buy casually or spontaneously
    • barter away - trade in in a bartering transaction
    • market - engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of
    • market - deal in a market
    • buy in, stock, stock up - amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use
    • shop - do one's shopping
    • market - buy household supplies
    • browse, shop - shop around; not necessarily buying
    • comparison-shop - compare prices for a given item
    • antique - shop for antiques
    • smuggle - import or export without paying customs duties
    • import - bring in from abroad
    • export - sell or transfer abroad
    • hock, pawn, soak - leave as a guarantee in return for money
    • impulse-buy - buy on impulse without proper reflection
    • franchise - grant a franchise to
    • retail - be sold at the retail level
    • trade - be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions
    is a type of: dealing, dealings, transaction - the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities)
    subtypes:
    has: shipping, transport, transportation - the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials
    same as: commerce, commercialism

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