word-vault/dist/data/cards/co/commercial.json

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{
    "term": "commercial",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "connected with the buying and selling of goods and services",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "residential and **commercial properties**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a commercial building/development"
                },
                {
                    "text": "commercial real estate"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**commercial activities**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have offices in the commercial heart of the city."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is developing the commercial side of the organization."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a commercial vehicle *(= one that is used for carrying goods or passengers who pay)*"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Business"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "making or intended to make a profit",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The movie was not a **commercial success** *(= did not make money)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Risks arise when state-owned enterprises begin operating as **commercial entities**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "policies to attract new industrial or **commercial enterprises**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are keen to see the technology licensed for **commercial use**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The data cannot be used for **commercial purposes**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The newspaper is acting solely in its own **commercial interests**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "commercial baby foods"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the first commercial flights across the Atlantic"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His first jobs were in the commercial sector."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are an educational charity, not a commercial publisher."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The decision has been made on a purely commercial basis."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Business"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "more interested in profit and being popular than in quality",
            "labels": "(disapproving)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Their more recent music is far too commercial."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The show was unashamedly commercial, with little artistic merit."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "paid for by the money charged for broadcasting advertisements",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a commercial radio station/TV channel"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəˈmɜːʃl/",
                "audio": "co/commercial/commercial__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəˈmɜːrʃl/",
                "audio": "co/commercial/commercial__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}