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precommercial

precommercial adjective: prior to commerce.

Adjective

precommercial (not comparable)

  1. Prior to commerce.
    • Precommercial societies at first lacked any concept of ownership at all, and when a concept of ownership did develop it was predominantly communal.2008, Gregory S. Alexander, Commodity & Propriety, page 65

Origin of precommercial

From pre- + commercial.

Questions about precommercial

What does precommercial mean?
Precommercial means prior to commerce.
What part of speech is precommercial?
Precommercial is an adjective.

Words near precommercial in the dictionary

  1. precombines
  2. precombining
  3. precombusted
  4. precombustion
  5. precome
  6. precommercial
  7. precommissioning
  8. precommissural
  9. precommissure
  10. precommit
  11. precommitment

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