Commercial \Com*mer"cial\, a. [Cf. F. commercial.]

Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages; commercial relations. ``Princely commercial houses.'' --Macaulay.

Commercial college, a school for giving instruction in commercial knowledge and business.

Commercial law. See under Law.

Commercial note paper, a small size of writing paper, usually about 5 by 71/2 or 8 inches.

Commercial paper, negotiable paper given in due course of business. It includes bills of exchange, promissory notes, bank checks, etc.

Commercial traveler, an agent of a wholesale house who travels from town to town to solicit orders.

Syn: See Mercantile.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)