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Abadeh

(Encyclopedia)Abadeh äbädāˈ [key], town, Fars prov., S central Iran. It is the trade center for a grain- and fruit-growing region. Sesame oil and castor oil are also produced there....

Merlo

(Encyclopedia)Merlo mĕrˈlō [key], city (1991 pop. 390,031), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. An administrative, trade, and agricultural center of the Greater Buenos Aires area, it was founded in 1730 by Francisc...

Nampula

(Encyclopedia)Nampula nămpo͞oˈlə [key], city (1997 pop. 303,346), NE Mozambique. It is an agricultural trade center, located on the railroad connecting the seaports of Lumbo and Nacala with Malawi. Cement is ma...

Paragould

(Encyclopedia)Paragould pârˈəgo͞old [key], city (1990 pop. 18,540), seat of Greene co., NE Ark.; inc. 1882. The growing processing and trade center of an agricultural region, Paragould also has a wide variety o...

Paramus

(Encyclopedia)Paramus pərămˈəs [key], borough (1990 pop. 25,067), Bergen co., NE N.J.; settled 1668, inc. 1922. It is a large retail-trade center known for its expansive shopping malls. An early Dutch church is...

Penticton

(Encyclopedia)Penticton, city (1991 pop. 27,258), S British Columbia, Canada, located where the Okanagan River flows into Okanagan Lake. It is a service and trade center for the Okanagan valley, a resort and fruit-...

Keetmanshoop

(Encyclopedia)Keetmanshoop kētˈmäns-ho͝opˌ [key], town (1991 pop. 15,032), SE Namibia. It is the trade center for a region where karakul sheep are raised. Keetmanshoop was founded in 1866 as a German missionar...

Belvidere

(Encyclopedia)Belvidere bĕlˈvĭdērˌ [key], city (2020 pop. 25,117), seat of Boone co., N Ill., on the K...

mercantilism

(Encyclopedia)mercantilism mûrˈkəntĭlĭzəm [key], economic system of the major trading nations during the 16th, 17th, and 18th cent., based on the premise that national wealth and power were best served by inc...

commercial law

(Encyclopedia)commercial law, the laws that govern business transactions, except those relating to the maritime transportation of goods (see maritime law). Commercial law developed as a distinct body of jurispruden...