mercantilism
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
mercantile + -ism
Noun[edit]
mercantilism (countable and uncountable, plural mercantilisms)
- (historical, economics) The theory that a nation must always have a positive balance of trade, in the manner that a merchant would operate a shop. Typically this model presupposes protectionism.
- (economics) The theory that holds that the prosperity of a nation depends upon its supply of capital, and that the global volume of trade is unchangeable.
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Translations[edit]
the historical economic theory that a nation must always have a positive balance of trade
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the economic theory that holds that the prosperity of a nation depends upon its supply of capital
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French mercantilisme. By surface analysis, mercantil + -ism.
Noun[edit]
mercantilism n (uncountable)
Declension[edit]
declension of mercantilism (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) mercantilism | mercantilismul |
genitive/dative | (unui) mercantilism | mercantilismului |
vocative | mercantilismule |
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