mercantilism

Noun mercantilism has 2 senses

• mercantilism(n = noun.group) mercantile system - an economic system (Europe in 18th century) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests;
is a kind of managed economy

• mercantilism(n = noun.act) commerce, commercialism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services);
has particulars: trading, trade, e-commerce, exchange, interchange, initial offering, initial public offering, ipo, business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise, carriage trade, importation, importing, exportation, exporting, marketing, distribution, marketing, merchandising, selling, traffic, defrayal, defrayment, payment, evasion, nonpayment
has parts: shipping, transport, transportation
is a kind of dealing, dealings, transaction