Meanings
adjectiveprecommercial (not comparable)
- not comparablePrior 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.
2008, Gregory S. Alexander, Commodity & Propriety, page 65
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precommercial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precommercial
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“precommercial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precommercial. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “precommercial,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precommercial.
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