# mercatorism

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The tendency of transnational commerce to operate outside any system of national laws, making use, instead, of a system of arbitration.

## Etymology
From Latin mercator (“merchant, trader”) + -ism.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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