noun (n)

• an economic system (Europe in 18th century) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests(noun.group)

  Synonym:
  mercantile system
  

  source: wordnet30
• transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  commerce, commercialism
  

  source: wordnet30