Definition
(a television) commercial: (a television) advertisement
Did you see Michael Jackson in the new Pepsi commercial?
commercial: related to commerce or business; suitable for a popular market; able to make a profit
a commercial airline an airline that transports paying customers (for example, Air France, British Airways, Lufthansa)
- "I'm watching the commercials on TV!"
- "Of course, it's become an enormous commercial enterprise, with thousands of tourists from all over the world."
- "Subject: Commercial Auto Insurance Coverage"
- "Your television programs are interrupted by hundreds of commercials telling you what to buy and what to think, it's no surprise that you can't concentrate on anything longer than a beer commercial."
- "Commercial Auto Insurance Coverage Summary"
- "As you know, Ivana BümBüm, the model who appears in our TV commercials, and who is considered to be the face of Delavigne, has been photographed taking cocaine."
- "Although I don't own a rifle, I'm pretty sure they're not allowed on commercial flights."
- "Your television programs are interrupted by hundreds of commercials telling you what to buy and what to think, it's no surprise that you can't concentrate on anything longer than a beer commercial."
- "Maybe this would be a good time to go to a commercial..."
- "Time will tell if the project is a commercial success, but the Delavigne Gallery has already attracted enough plaudits to make it one of New York's newest and most exciting landmarks."
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