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Mercantile vs Financial - What's the difference?

mercantile | financial |

As adjectives the difference between mercantile and financial

is that mercantile is (economics) concerned with the exchange of goods for profit while financial is related to finances.

mercantile

English

Alternative forms

* merchantile

Adjective

(-)
  • (economics) Concerned with the exchange of goods for profit

    • financial

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Related to finances.
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  • Having dues and fees paid up to date for a club or society.

    • Usage notes

    Not to be confused with (fiscal), which means more narrowly “pertaining to a treasury, particularly to government spending and revenue”, rather than to money generally.

    Derived terms

    * financial market * financial year * financial regulation

    Related terms

    * finances * financier

    See also

    * fiscal