mercantilism
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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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)
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) mercantilism | mercantilismul |
genitive/dative | (unui) mercantilism | mercantilismului |
vocative | mercantilismule |