Meaning of MERCANTILISM

Pronunciation:			'murkunti`lizum
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) [n]  an economic system (Europe in 18th C) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests
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	Synonyms:		commerce, commercialism, mercantile system
	See Also:		business, business enterprise, carriage trade, commercial enterprise, dealing, dealings, defrayal, defrayment, distribution, evasion, exchange, exportation, exporting, importation, importing, initial offering, initial public offering, interchange, IPO, managed economy, marketing, merchandising, nonpayment, payment, selling, shipping, trade, trading, traffic, transaction, transport, transportation