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commercial
English
Etymology
commerce +? -ial. From French commercial (“of, or pertaining to commerce”), from Late Latin commercialis, from Latin commercium.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /k??m????l/
- (General American) IPA(key): /k??m???l/
Noun
commercial (plural commercials)
- An advertisement in a common media format, usually radio or television.
- (finance) A commercial trader, as opposed to an individual speculator.
- (obsolete) A commercial traveller.
- 1875, George Worsley, Advice to the Young! (page 32)
- I have more than once had to lend a commercial money to pay his fare home; as he had played shell-out and lost the lot.
- 1875, George Worsley, Advice to the Young! (page 32)
- (slang) A male prostitute.
- 1972, Alfred Eustace Parker, The Berkeley Police Story (page 133)
- Tom said that homosexuals hate “commercials,” male prostitutes, and if the homosexual was drunk and angry, he might have committed murder.
- 1987, Paul William Mathews, Male Prostitution: Two Monographs (page 39)
- With the commercials there is no intensity of feeling and no later animosity; there is emotional and sexual fakery, but no prolonged post-sexual bargaining. […] Paradoxically these boys dissociate themselves from the commercials, yet engage in prostitution only when they require the money.
- 1972, Alfred Eustace Parker, The Berkeley Police Story (page 133)
Hypernyms
- advertisement
Hyponyms
- infomercial
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
commercial (comparative more commercial, superlative most commercial)
- Of or pertaining to commerce.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- A two minutes' walk brought Warwick--the name he had registered under, and as we shall call him--to the market-house, the central feature of Patesville, from both the commercial and the picturesque points of view.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- (aviation) Designating an airport that serves passenger and/or cargo flights.
- (aviation) Designating such an airplane flight.
Translations
Related terms
- commerce
- commercialize
- precommercial
Further reading
- commercial in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- commercial in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin commerci?lis, from Latin commercium; equivalent to commerce +? -ial
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?.m??.sjal/
- Homophones: commerciale, commerciales
Adjective
commercial (feminine singular commerciale, masculine plural commerciaux, feminine plural commerciales)
- commercial
Derived terms
Noun
commercial m (plural commerciaux)
- a salesman, sales representative
Further reading
- “commercial” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Portuguese
Noun
commercial m (plural commerciaes or commerciais)
- Obsolete spelling of comercial
Adjective
commercial m or f (plural commerciaes or commerciais)
- Obsolete spelling of comercial
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homebrew
English
Etymology
home +? brew
Noun
homebrew (countable and uncountable, plural homebrews)
- A beer brewed by enthusiasts rather than commercially.
- (informal) Anything created by enthusiasts rather than commercial entities (especially video games or amateur radio equipment).
- (Canada, sports, countable) A player who plays for the team named after their own native town.
- 2006, David Menary, Terrier Town: Summer of ’49 (page 19)
- Homebrews, American imports, former big-leaguers—the Terriers had it all.
- 2006, David Menary, Terrier Town: Summer of ’49 (page 19)
Translations
Verb
homebrew (third-person singular simple present homebrews, present participle homebrewing, simple past and past participle homebrewed)
- To brew one's beer or other alcoholic beverage at home.
- (informal) To create something as an enthusiast, rather than using a commercial option.
Synonyms
- craft beer
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