mercantile agency

Other forms: mercantile agencies

Definitions of mercantile agency
  1. noun
    an organization that provides businesses with credit ratings of other firms
    “Dun & Bradstreet is the largest mercantile agency in the United States”
    synonyms: commercial agency
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    type of:
    agency
    a business that provides a specialized service
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