commercial
adjective
COMMERCE uk/kəˈmɜːʃəl/ usrelating to businesses and their activities:
Planning issues continue to stall the company's proposed commercial development.
commercial sales/services/transactions etc.
used to describe a product or service that can be bought by the public:
The airport handles 663 commercial flights a day.
[ before noun ]
for making a profit or relating to making a profit:
The business was never intended to be a commercial enterprise.
commercial success/value Some traditional producers are finally enjoying commercial success.
[ before noun ]
used to describe radio or television that is paid for by the advertisements it broadcasts:
The commission, which licenses and regulates commercial TV, ordered the ad off air.
disapproving used to describe a product, especially a record, film, or book, which is made to make a profit rather than be of a high artistic quality:
Their music is a little too commercial for me.
commercial
noun [ C ]
uk/kəˈmɜːʃəl/ us MARKETING
an advertisement that is broadcast on television or radio:
American manufacturers have produced a series of TV commercials highlighting manufacturing successes.
commercials
STOCK MARKET
shares in a company that sells goods to consumers:
Commercials ended the year down 3.5%.