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Mercantile agency   /mˈərkəntˌaɪl ˈeɪdʒənsi/   Listen
Mercantile agency

noun
1.
An organization that provides businesses with credit ratings of other firms.  Synonym: commercial agency.





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"Mercantile agency" Quotes from Famous Books



... their origin in the system adopted by several prominent firms of keeping on record all the information obtainable relating to their customers. In 1841 "The Mercantile Agency of New York City" began its history, and was the forerunner of the present great agencies whose record books of credits and ratings include the names of all the business houses and corporations in ...
— Up To Date Business - Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.) • Various
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