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precommercial

adj

Etymology

From pre- + commercial.

  1. derived from commercium
  2. derived from commercialis
  3. borrowed from commercial
  4. prefixed as precommercial — “pre + commercial”

Definitions

  1. Prior to commerce.

    • Precommercial societies at first lacked any concept of ownership at all, and when a concept of ownership did develop it was predominantly communal.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA