mercantile
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The business model hasn’t been applied since the abolition of Denmark’s Sound Toll in 1857, when international powers in the pocket of mercantile interests paid off the Kingdom to provide free access.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
The commissioned portraits of Parsi elite "reflect the patronage networks and social aspirations of the community" which formed the mercantile fabric of the city in the early 20th century.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
"It expanded Chincha's agricultural productivity and mercantile influence, leading to exchanges of resources and power."
From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026
“We had three really competent engineers. They might have trained in a mercantile or other type of marine institution, but they wanted to put their skills to work for a greater cause.”
From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025
An explanation for the decline of ancient science has been put forward by the historian of science Benjamin Farrington: The mercantile tradition, which led to Ionian science, also led to a slave economy.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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The Federalist Papers, No. 10 by James Madison
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