柯林斯詞典mercantilism /?m??k?nt??l?z?m/ 1. N a theory prevalent in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries asserting that the wealth of a nation depends on its possession of precious metals and therefore that the government of a nation must maximize the foreign trade surplus, and foster national commercial interests, a merchant marine, the establishment of colonies, etc 重商主義 (Also called mercantile system)[economics] 返回 mercantilism劍橋詞典an economic theory developed in the 16th to 18th centuries that says that a government should control the economy and that a nation should increase its wealth by selling more than it buys from other nations 重商主義 返回 mercantilism