“He had been an excellent businessman, a merchant of textiles. He had numerous shops throughout the city; he imported silks and linens and the finest of wools.”
“Tobin's grandfather, Michael Tobin, was a merchant who ran a general store and a small wool manufacturing operation.”
“Roulet was a merchant who invested in the carrying trade and in large-scale land purchases in Pennsylvania and New York.”
“To this day Prato is still the headquarters of the Italian mercery and clothing business.”
“The Mercers' School was first held in the hospital and then removed to the mercery.”
“It stands at the end of mercery Lane, a lofty building with towers at its corners, and two storeys above the archway.”
mercantilism
(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.
(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.
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