Of an organization: consisting of merchants (cf. guild merchant n. at guild, n. compounds 2). Of a town: occupied in trade or commerce…

Dealing, trading.

That trades (in various senses of the verb); esp. that engages in trade or commerce; commercial.

Busy with trade (esp. in sense 9a). In early use also, of a person: †fully occupied or engaged in trading (obsolete).

Commercially active. Obsolete. rare.

That is engaged in trade or commerce.

Engaged in commerce; trading.

Involved with the sale of a product or products; engaged in trade.