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/kəmˈərʃəl trˈævələr/ Listen

adjective

Commercial adj. Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages; commercial relations. "Princely commercial houses."

Commercial college, a school for giving instruction in commercial knowledge and business.

Commercial law. See under Law.

Commercial note paper, a small size of writing paper, usually about 5 by 7½ or 8 inches.

Commercial paper, negotiable paper given in due course of business. It includes bills of exchange, promissory notes, bank checks, etc.

Commercial traveler, an agent of a wholesale house who travels from town to town to solicit orders.

Synonyms: See Mercantile.

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Etymology of 'Commercial traveler'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Commercial traveler" Quotes from Famous Books

... prospect, however, of a balm in Gilead. An ingenious Yankee—a commercial traveler—has invented and patented an instrument made of gutta percha, to be fitted to the nose, and pass from that protuberance to the tympanum of the ear. As soon as the snorer begins the sound is carried so perfectly to his own ear, and all other sounds so well excluded, ...

— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XII, No. 28. July, 1873. • Various

... of business; factotum &c (director) 694; caretaker; dalal^, dubash^, garnishee, gomashta^. negotiator, go-between; middleman; under agent, employe; servant &c 746; referee, arbitrator &c (judge) 967. traveler, bagman, commis-voyageur [Fr.], touter^, commercial traveler, drummer [U.S.], traveling man. newspaper ...

— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget