Commercial | Mean of commercial in English Dictionary

/kəˈmɚʃəl/

• related to or used in the buying and selling of goods and services
1. commercial property/regulations/vehicles
2. a commercial airliner
3. The city wanted to encourage commercial rather than residential development along the river. [=the city wanted businesses rather than apartments or houses to be built along the river]
4. a commercial and industrial city [=a city with many businesses and factories]
• concerned with earning money
1. Their music is too commercial.
2. commercial artists
• relating to or based on the amount of profit that something earns
1. The play was a commercial success but an artistic failure. [=the play earned a lot of money but did not show artistic skill]

• paid for by advertisers
1. commercial television/broadcasting
2. The average American sees and hears thousands of commercial messages each day.
• Noun
• an advertisement on radio or television
1. a commercial for a new kind of soap
2. We'll be back after the commercial break. [=the time when advertisements are broadcast during a radio or television program]