| 单词 | commercialism |
| 释义 | commercialism (once / 12377 pages) n Commercialism is an attitude or philosophy devoted to supplying goods and services and making profits. The root of commercialism is commerce, which is the buying and selling of things. It can help you remember what commercialism is if you remember that commercials try to sell you things. Commercialism puts profits above all, so sometimes people use this word in a negative sense. For example, people complain about commercialism at Christmas, saying the religious meaning gets drowned out by the message to buy. WORD FAMILYcommercialism: commercialisms+/commerce: commerces, commercial/commercial: commercialise, commercialism, commercialize, commercially, commercials, noncommercial, uncommercial/commercialise: commercialisation, commercialised, commercialising/commercialised: uncommercialised/commercialize: commercialization, commercialized, commercializes, commercializing/commercialized: uncommercialized/noncommercial: noncommercially/uncommercial: uncommercially USAGE EXAMPLESIt’s how we describe people who criticize the commercialism of Christmas. Washington Post(Dec 09, 2016) They are warmly applauded for their service and also callously exploited, fodder for a spectacle that collapses the difference between patriotic sentiment and gross commercialism. New York Times(Nov 10, 2016) Those hoping to find policy and political answers to the overwhelming commercialism of civic and cultural life in America won’t find them here. Washington Post(Oct 27, 2016) n transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) Syn|Hypo|Hyper commerce, mercantilism trading buying or selling securities or commodities tradethe commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services e-commercecommerce conducted electronically (as on the internet) exchange, interchangereciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries) IPO, initial offering, initial public offeringa corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public business, business enterprise, commercial enterprisethe activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects carriage tradetrade from upper-class customers importation, importingthe commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country exportation, exportingthe commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a foreign country marketingthe commercial processes involved in promoting and selling and distributing a product or service distributionthe commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer marketing, merchandising, sellingthe exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money trafficbuying and selling; especially illicit trade defrayal, defrayment, paymentthe act of paying money evasion, nonpaymentthe deliberate act of failing to pay money bond trading, bond-trading activitytrading in bonds (usually by a broker on the floor of an exchange) program tradinga trading technique involving large blocks of stock with trades triggered by computer programs short sale, short sellingsale of securities or commodity futures not owned by the seller (who hopes to buy them back later at a lower price) short coveringthe purchase of securities or commodities by a short seller to close out a short sale insider tradingbuying or selling corporate stock by a corporate officer or other insider on the basis of information that has not been made public and is supposed to remain confidential bait and switcha deceptive way of selling that involves advertising a product at a very low price in order to attract customers who are then persuaded to switch to a more expensive product private treatya sale of property at a price agreed on by the seller and buyer without an intervening agency bootleggingthe act of making or transporting alcoholic liquor for sale illegally bootleggingthe act of selling illegally or without permission capitalisation, capitalizationthe sale of capital stock tourism, touristrythe business of providing services to tourists fishingthe occupation of catching fish for a living butchering, butcherythe business of a butcher tax evasionthe deliberate failure to pay taxes (usually by making a false report) storagethe commercial enterprise of storing goods and materials industry, manufacturethe organized action of making of goods and services for sale fair tradetrade that is conducted legally fair tradetrade that satisfies certain criteria on the supply chain of the goods involved, usually including fair payment for producers; often with other social and environmental considerations free tradeinternational trade free of government interference conversionact of exchanging one type of money or security for another field, field of operation, line of businessa particular kind of commercial enterprise employee-owned business, employee-owned enterprisea commercial enterprise owned by the people who work for it financethe commercial activity of providing funds and capital discount businessthe business of selling merchandise at a discount real-estate businessthe business of selling real estate advertising, publicizingthe business of drawing public attention to goods and services publication, publishingthe business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution printingthe business of producing printed material for sale or distribution packagingthe business of packing agribusiness, agriculture, factory farma large-scale farming enterprise building, constructionthe commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones shipping, transport, transportationthe commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials barter, swap, swop, tradean equal exchange smugglingsecretly importing prohibited goods or goods on which duty is due direct marketingmarketing via a promotion delivered directly to the individual prospective customer channel, distribution channela way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors drug traffic, drug trafficking, narcotraffictraffic in illegal drugs barratry, simonytraffic in ecclesiastical offices or preferments slave trade, slave traffictraffic in slaves; especially in Black Africans transported to America in the 16th to 19th centuries retailthe selling of goods to consumers; usually in small quantities and not for resale wholesalethe selling of goods to merchants; usually in large quantities for resale to consumers salea particular instance of selling syndicationselling (an article or cartoon) for publication in many magazines or newspapers at the same time dumpingselling goods abroad at a price below that charged in the domestic market dutch auctiona method of selling in which the price is reduced until a buyer is found retailingthe activities involved in selling commodities directly to consumers telecommerce, telemarketing, telesellingthe use of the telephone as an interactive medium for promotion and sales hawking, peddling, vending, venditionthe act of selling goods for a living venturea commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit resalethe selling of something purchased salethe general activity of selling amortisation, amortizationpayment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers fee splittingpayment (usually by doctors or lawyers) of part of the fee in return for the referral overpaymentthe act of paying too much prepaymentpayment in advance ransompayment for the release of someone refund, repaymentthe act of returning money received previously remunerationthe act of paying for goods or services or to recompense for losses renderinggiving in acknowledgment of obligation disbursal, disbursement, outlay, spendingthe act of spending or disbursing money tributepayment by one nation for protection by another underpaymentthe act of paying less than required foreign exchangethe system by which one currency is exchanged for another; enables international transactions to take place dealing, dealings, transaction the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities) |
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