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Mercantile system   /mˈərkəntˌaɪl sˈɪstəm/   Listen
Mercantile system

noun
1.
An economic system (Europe in 18th century) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests.  Synonym: mercantilism.





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... laid none too great stress on the influence of the English mercantile system in forcing the American Revolution, and on the attitude of the Revolution as an organized revolt against the English system. One of the first steps by which the Continental Congress asserted its claim to independent national action was the throwing open of American ports ...
— American Eloquence, Volume IV. (of 4) - Studies In American Political History (1897) • Various


Words linked to "Mercantile system" :   managed economy, mercantilism, Europe


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