Definition: commercial

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

commercial
     adj 1: connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in
            commerce or commercial enterprises; "commercial
            trucker"; "commercial TV"; "commercial diamonds" [ant:
             noncommercial]
     2: of or relating to commercialism; "a commercial attache";
        "commercial paper"; "commercial law"
     3: of the kind or quality used in commerce; average or
        inferior; "commercial grade of beef"; "commercial oxalic
        acid"
     n : a commercially sponsored ad on radio or television [syn: commercial
         message]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Commercial \Com*mer"cial\, a. [Cf. F. commercial.]
   Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with
   commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages;
   commercial relations. ``Princely commercial houses.''
   --Macaulay.

   Commercial college, a school for giving instruction in
      commercial knowledge and business.

   Commercial law. See under Law.

   Commercial note paper, a small size of writing paper,
      usually about 5 by 71/2 or 8 inches.

   Commercial paper, negotiable paper given in due course of
      business. It includes bills of exchange, promissory notes,
      bank checks, etc.

   Commercial traveler, an agent of a wholesale house who
      travels from town to town to solicit orders.

   Syn: See Mercantile.