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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

... keeping literary works for some time "in the wood." There was nothing to grumble at, though Lucian was inclined to think the duration of the reader's catarrh a little exaggerated. But this was a trifle; he did not arrogate to himself the position of a small commercial traveler, who expects prompt civility as a matter of course, and not at all as a favor. He simply forgot his old book, and resolved that he would make a better one if he could. With the hot fit of resolution, the determination ...

— The Hill of Dreams • Arthur Machen

... danger nowadays, when all the world is becoming cosmopolitan. A kind of international type is springing up. His language is esperanto, his writing is shorthand, he has no country, he fights for whoever will pay him most, like the Swiss of the Middle Ages. He is the mercenary of commerce, the ideal commercial traveler. I am much afraid of him, because I am a Japanese and not a world citizen. I want my country to be great and respected. Above all, I want it to be always Japanese. I think that loss in national character means ...

— Kimono • John Paris