commercial
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- mercantile, trading
- materialistic, mercenary, profit-making

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English Thesaurus: advertisement, ad, advert, commercial, trailer, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. com‧mer‧cial¹ S3 W2 /kəˈmɜːʃəl $ -ɜːr-/ adjective

1. related to business and the buying and selling of goods and services:
Our top priorities must be profit and commercial growth.

2. related to the ability of a product or business to make a profit:
Gibbons failed to see the commercial value of his discovery.
commercial success/failure
The film was a huge commercial success.

3. [only before noun] a commercial product is one that is produced and sold in large quantities

4. more concerned with money than with quality:
Their music has become very commercial.

5. commercial radio/TV/channel etc radio or television broadcasts that are produced by companies that earn money through advertising

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II. commercial² noun

1. [countable] an advertisement on television or radio:
a soap powder commercial

2. commercial break the time when advertisements are broadcast during a television or radio programme

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commercial
noun
ADJ. cinema, radio, television/TV | 30-second, etc.
VERB + COMMERCIAL do, make She ended up doing commercials, which ironically revived her acting career. The company has made commercials for leading sportswear manufacturers.
COMMERCIAL + VERB appear | feature sb/sth The commercial features a teenage girl with spots.
COMMERCIAL + NOUN break The film was so full of commercial breaks it was impossible to enjoy.
PREP. in a/the ~ She's in a commercial for cars.
~ for

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

commercial

a commercial bank (=one that accepts people’s money, provides loans etc)
Several large commercial banks cut their lending rates.
a commercial company/organization
Many commercial companies are having financial difficulties.
commercial property (=property for businesses and industry)
He decided to invest in commercial property.
commercial interests (=things that bring business advantages)
The President’s reform programme threatened US commercial interests.
the commercial sector (=the business part of the economy)
The commercial sector sponsors sport.
the commercial market (=the market for goods)
A product like this should do well in the commercial market.
commercial development (=the building of houses, hotels, restaurants etc)
The increased number of tourists has resulted in further commercial development.
commercial use
The trees were planted for commercial use.
commercial exploitation (=using something, especially natural resources, to make money)
the commercial exploitation of mineral resources
commercial activity
Commercial activity in our society is highly competitive.
commercial considerations/reasons/purposes
Commercial considerations must come second to conservation of the environment.
a commercial transaction (=a business deal)
The deal was a straightforward commercial transaction.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

advertisement:
an advertisement for shampoo
They placed an advertisement in the newspaper.
ad informal an advertisement:
She’s been in several TV ads.
advert British English an advertisement:
a job advert
He took out a front-page advert for his shop.
commercial an advertisement on television or radio:
television commercials
He was in some commercials for beer.
trailer an advertisement in the cinema, on television, or online for a film or programme which will be shown soon:
A second trailer for Richard Friedman’s film has just been added to the website.
promotion a series of advertisements for a company’s products:
The company has spent more than $300 million on promotions for the brand.
poster an advertisement on a wall:
They selected a famous artist to do the poster for the upcoming performance.
billboard (also hoarding British English) a large sign next to a road, with an advertisement on it:
billboard advertisements
A huge hoarding shows two contrasting images.
flyer a piece of paper with an advertisement on it, often given to you in the street:
Someone was handing out flyers for a new nightclub.
banner ad an advertisement across the top of a page on the Internet:
Banner ads are becoming more sophisticated.
junk mail unwanted advertisements that you get in the post:
I never read junk mail.
spam unwanted emails advertising things:
I’m trying to delete all the spam.
classified ad (also want ad American English, small ad British English) a short advertisement that you put in a newspaper if you want to buy or sell something:
The bike was advertised for sale in the small ads section.

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