"mercantilism" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mercantilisms [plural]
Etymology: From mercantile + -ism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mercantile|ism}} mercantile + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} mercantilism (countable and uncountable, plural mercantilisms)
  1. (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. Tags: countable, historical, uncountable Categories (topical): Economics Translations (the historical economic theory that a nation must always have a positive balance of trade): merkantilizmi [masculine] (Albanian), մերկանտիլիզմ (merkantilizm) (Armenian), mercantilismu [masculine] (Asturian), merkantilizm (Azerbaijani), merkantilismo (Basque), меркантылізм (mjerkantylizm) [masculine] (Belarusian), меркантилизъм (merkantilizǎm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), mercantilisme [masculine] (Catalan), 重商主义 (zhòngshāng zhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), merkantilismus [masculine] (Czech), merkantilisme (Danish), mercantilisme [neuter] (Dutch), merkantilismo (Esperanto), merkantilism (Estonian), merkantilismi (Finnish), mercantilisme [masculine] (French), mercantilismo [masculine] (Galician), მერკანტილიზმი (merḳanṭilizmi) (Georgian), Merkantilismus [masculine] (German), מרקנטיליזם (Hebrew), merkantilizmus (Hungarian), merkantílismi (Icelandic), merkantilisme (Indonesian), marsantachas (Irish), mercantilismo [masculine] (Italian), 重商主義 (Japanese), меркантилизм (merkantilizm) (Kazakh), 중상주의 (jungsangjuui) (Korean), меркантилизм (merkantilizm) (Kyrgyz), merkantilisms [masculine] (Latvian), merkantilizmas [masculine] (Lithuanian), меркантилизам (merkantilizam) [masculine] (Macedonian), merkantilisme (Malay), меркантилизм (merkantilizm) (Mongolian), merkantilisme (Norwegian), سوداگرایی (Persian), merkantylizm [masculine] (Polish), mercantilismo [masculine] (Portuguese), mercantilism [neuter] (Romanian), меркантилизм (merkantilizm) [masculine] (Russian), merkantilizmus [masculine] (Slovak), merkantilizem [masculine] (Slovene), mercantilismo [masculine] (Spanish), merkantilism (Swedish), меркантилизм (merkantilizm) (Tajik), வணிகவாதம் (vaṇikavātam) (Tamil), ลัทธิพาณิชยนิยม (Thai), merkantilizm (Turkish), merkantalizm (Turkmen), меркантилізм (merkantylizm) [masculine] (Ukrainian), merkantilizm (Uzbek), chủ nghĩa trọng thương (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-mercantilism-en-noun-PTFoM7qk Topics: economics, sciences Disambiguation of 'the historical economic theory that a nation must always have a positive balance of trade': 84 16
  2. (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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Economics
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: neomercantilism Related terms: mercantilist, mercantilistic, merchant

Inflected forms

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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the historical economic theory that a nation must always have a positive balance of trade",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mercantilismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the historical economic theory that a nation must always have a positive balance of trade",
      "word": "merkantilism"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "merkantilizm",
      "sense": "the historical economic theory that a nation must always have a positive balance of trade",
      "word": "меркантилизм"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "vaṇikavātam",
      "sense": "the historical economic theory that a nation must always have a positive balance of trade",
      "word": "வணிகவாதம்"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "the historical economic theory that a nation must always have a positive balance of trade",
      "word": "ลัทธิพาณิชยนิยม"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the historical economic theory that a nation must always have a positive balance of trade",
      "word": "merkantilizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "the historical economic theory that a nation must always have a positive balance of trade",
      "word": "merkantalizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "merkantylizm",
      "sense": "the historical economic theory that a nation must always have a positive balance of trade",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "меркантилізм"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "the historical economic theory that a nation must always have a positive balance of trade",
      "word": "merkantilizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the historical economic theory that a nation must always have a positive balance of trade",
      "word": "chủ nghĩa trọng thương"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "mercantilism"
  ],
  "word": "mercantilism"
}

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