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commerciality en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree French commercialbor. English commercial Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English commerciality From commercial + -ity.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Ability to produce a profit.
   • after Tom Donahue started KMPX, the Metromedia conglomerate recognized the potential commerciality of FM rock. 1976 May, Steve Chapple with Robert Garofalo and Joel Rogers, “The Rise and Fall of FM Rock”, in Mother Jones, volume 1, number 3, page 61:
   • 'commercial speech' can merit constitutional protection by serving traditional free speech values while having its commerciality taken into account. 2003, Roger A. Shiner, Freedom of Commercial Expression, page 160:
   • In early feasibility studies, production forecasts are used to study the commerciality of a field, to plan strategy for field development, and so forth. 1986, Michael Golan with Curtis H. Whitson, Well Performance, page 9:

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