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mercantile

[mur-kuhn-teel, -tahyl, -til] / ˈmɜr kənˌtil, -ˌtaɪl, -tɪl /




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Feeder cattle futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange rose Thursday as the market feared an eventual decline in available supply.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Perpetuals are a new financial product for the U.S., but they didn’t debut on longstanding financial exchanges like the Chicago Mercantile Exchange —they are tradable only on Kalshi, the prediction market platform.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

It served as an example of small-town America, with a population of 15,000 and shops with names like Loose Cow Mercantile, Weasel Creek Outfitters and Proctor Biggs Feed Mill.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

On Monday, May WTI settled at $99.08 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange — back below June Brent, which ended at $99.36 on ICE Futures Europe.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

I used to go regularly into the Sylvan Mercantile and smell every perfume bottle they had, trying to identify it.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd




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