Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun mercantile_system

1 sense of mercantile system

Sense 1
mercantilism, mercantile system -- (an economic system (Europe in 18th century) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests)
       => managed economy -- (a non-market economy in which government intervention is important in allocating goods and resources and determining prices)