adj. & n.
--adj.
1. of, engaged in, or concerned with, commerce.
2 having profit as a primary aim rather than artistic etc. value; philistine.
3 (of chemicals) supplied in bulk more or less unpurified.
--n.
1. a television or radio advertisement.
2 archaic a commercial traveller.
Phrases and idioms:
commercial art art used in advertising, selling, etc. commercial broadcasting television or radio broadcasting in which programmes are financed by advertisements. commercial traveller a firm's travelling salesman or saleswoman who visits shops to get orders. commercial vehicle a vehicle used for carrying goods or fare-paying passengers.
Derivatives:
commercialism n. commerciality n. commercially adv.