EnglishMain Dictionary
commercial
Universal Words
adjective, noun
adjective
1 [usuallybeforenoun] connected with the buying and selling of goods and services:
the commercial heart of the city * She is developing the commercial side of the organization. * a commercial vehicle (= one that is used for carrying goods or passengers who pay) * commercial baby foods * the first commercial flights across the Atlantic
2 [onlybeforenoun] making or intended to make a profit:
The movie was not a commercial success (= did not make money).
3 (disapproving) more concerned with profit and being popular than with quality:
Their more recent music is far too commercial. * The show was unashamedly commercial, with little artistic merit.
4 (of television or radio) paid for by the money charged for broadcasting advertisements:
a commercial radio station / TV channel
commercially adverb:
commercially produced / grown / developed * The product is not yet commercially available. * His invention was not commercially successful. * Designers are becoming more and more commercially minded.
noun an advertisement on the radio or on television:
a commercial break (= a time during or between programmes when advertisements are broadcast)
