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mercantile  

an adjective defining anything related to trade r commerce
The trade routes, which were the basis of the Italian states, became insecure, and mercantile trade started to decline.
mercantile by Zeba May 17, 2008

Educational Mercantilism 

The concept that there is a finite amount of education in a given environment, so that there is a benefit to depriving others of a quality education in order to increase the benefits to themselves.
The reason why there is little to no effort to improve failing public school systems is because those in power believe in Educational Mercantilism, and having the best education for their child means that education needs to be better than those of others.

mercantile pretzel 

A sexual position with two men and a woman. One man is fucking the woman while being fucked in the ass. Named after a popular GLBT bar in Sacramento called the Mercantile Saloon (known for pouring heavily and not charging much) where the idea was conceptualized.
Treighton is the middle in a mercantile pretzel with his girlfriend and the random guy from the gay bar.
mercantile pretzel by Shayded October 11, 2015

Mercantilism

Bob: "Jane is in a really bad mood."
Larry: "I guess it will be mercantilism when she gets home"
Mercantilism by Stormchaser221 November 28, 2010

Merkantilism 

The act of killing many people in one short period of time, whereas to merk a vast number of enemies.
Chris just notched a 25 kill streak. It's like the triangle trade right now, he's just starting up that Merkantilism.
Merkantilism by MeatFlag November 7, 2009

mercantilism

the art of merc-ing fools.
By dribbling through the entire team, Joe demonstrated mercantilism....the art of merc-ing fools
mercantilism by Jew Scum April 9, 2008