mercantile system

Other forms: mercantile systems

Definitions of mercantile system
  1. noun
    an economic system (Europe in 18th century) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests
    synonyms: mercantilism
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    type of:
    managed economy
    a non-market economy in which government intervention is important in allocating goods and resources and determining prices
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