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for Commercial traveler
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Commercial \Com*mer"cial\, a. [Cf. F. commercial.]
Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with
commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages;
commercial relations. "Princely commercial houses."
--Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
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 71/2 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.
Syn: See Mercantile.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
commercial traveler
n 1: a salesman who travels to call on customers [syn:
traveling salesman, travelling salesman, commercial
traveler, commercial traveller, roadman, bagman]
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