mercantile
adj. C1 Advanced US //ˈmɝkənˌtaɪɫ// UK //mˈɜːkɑːntˌaɪl// mer·can·tile
adj. relating to trade, business, or the work of merchants.
adj. relating to merchants or trading activity. Often used to describe historical systems or the commercial character of a city or era.
The city has a long mercantile history.
The port grew into a powerful mercantile center where goods from across the ocean were traded daily.
The shift from agrarian to mercantile economies in the late Middle Ages facilitated the rise of a wealthy middle class that challenged traditional feudal structures.
Borrowed from French mercantile, from Italian mercantile, from mercante (“merchant”), from Latin mercāns (“trading”).
Usage
Typically used attributively before a noun like 'system', 'interest', or 'power'.